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Flowers, 1996Acrylic on canvas, 18 × 14 cm (7 1/8 × 5 1/2 in.)© Yayoi Kusama. Image reproduced for educational and informational purposes only.
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"My artwork is an expression of my life, particularly of my mental illness.”
– Yayoi Kusama
n works like Flowers, Kusama showed how even the smallest formats could carry the weight of her vision. By taking a familiar and delicate motif from nature and reworking it through obsessive repetition, she revealed the fine line between beauty and compulsion. Each brushstroke becomes both an act of control and a release, reflecting how her art channels personal struggle into universal imagery.