Yayoi Kusama // Toadstools, 1990

  • Yayoi Kusama, Toadstools, 1990. Screenprint on Izumi paper, 51 × 61 cm, edition of 100. Depicts Kusama’s stylised mushroom forms with bold colour and repetition, reflecting her fascination with organic motifs and pattern.
    Toadstools, 1990
    Screenprint on Izumi paper, 51 × 61 cm, Edition of 100
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    Yayoi Kusama’s Toadstools (1990) is a screenprint on Izumi paper, measuring 51 × 61 cm, produced in an edition of 100. The work presents an array of toadstools, their rounded forms and dotted surfaces closely echoing her lifelong fascination with repetition and organic motifs. By reimagining the mushroom through her bold, graphic style, Kusama transforms a natural subject into an image of both playfulness and intensity.
     
    The toadstool has long held symbolic associations with mystery, transformation, and the hidden world of nature. In Kusama’s treatment, the form becomes rhythmic and hypnotic, merging natural imagery with abstraction. The dotted caps resonate with her broader visual language, suggesting infinity, cycles of growth, and the dissolution of boundaries between the real and the surreal.
     
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  • “I have always been interested in infinity, in the endless repetition of life.”

     — Yayoi Kusama

    As with many of her editioned works from the early 1990s, Toadstools reflects Kusama’s ability to elevate humble, everyday subjects into universal symbols. The print captures the tension between whimsy and psychological depth, reaffirming her unique capacity to find infinity in the smallest details of the natural world.