Yayoi Kusama // I Will Still go on Living, 2015

  • Yayoi Kusama, I Will Still Go on Living, 2015. Large square acrylic painting, 194 × 194 × 7 cm, from the My Eternal Soul series, with vivid colour and biomorphic forms symbolising resilience and continuity.
    I Will Still Go on Living, 2015
    Acrylic on canvas, 194 × 194 × 7 cm (76 3/8 × 76 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
    © Yayoi Kusama.  Image reproduced for educational and informational purposes only. 
     
    Yayoi Kusama’s I Will Still Go on Living (2015) is a monumental acrylic painting on canvas, measuring 194 × 194 × 7 cm, created as part of her My Eternal Soul series. The surface is alive with vivid colour and biomorphic forms, arranged in a hypnotic composition that speaks to resilience and the persistence of life. As with many works from this series, the painting channels Kusama’s deeply personal reflections into a universal message, balancing psychological tension with dazzling visual energy.
     
    The title underscores a declaration of survival, echoing Kusama’s lifelong belief in art as a means of endurance and renewal. In this work, vibrant imagery becomes a metaphor for continuity, transforming private struggles into a powerful affirmation of life’s capacity to endure.

  • "I want to keep creating art until my last breath.”

     — Yayoi Kusama

    The painting reflects Kusama’s extraordinary productivity in her later years, when the My Eternal Soul series grew to encompass hundreds of canvases. Each work in the series carries its own rhythm of shapes and colours, yet together they form a vast continuum that embodies her relentless drive to create. I Will Still Go on Living captures this spirit of persistence, transforming a personal statement into a shared meditation on resilience, hope, and the infinite possibilities of art.