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Airmail–Accumulation, 1963Stamps on paper, 23.5 × 30.8 cm (9¼ × 12 1/8 in.)© Yayoi Kusama. Image reproduced for educational and informational purposes only.
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"Accumulation is repetition, and my life is one of repetition. Repetition is my obsession.”
– Yayoi Kusama
The work consists of a grid-like layering of airmail stamps, their standardised forms multiplied to create a dense surface. This approach extends the logic of Kusama’s Infinity Nets, replacing painted marks with physical objects to achieve a similar sense of endless expansion. The use of common materials emphasises her ability to merge fine art with the ordinary, a method that aligned her practice with contemporary currents in New York such as Pop and Minimalism. Though modest in size, the work illustrates her conceptual drive to build meaning through serial repetition.