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Red Nets, 1966Oil on canvasboard, 61 × 50.5 cm (24 × 19 7⁄8 in.)© Yayoi Kusama. Image reproduced for educational and informational purposes only.
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“My nets grew beyond myself and beyond the canvases I was covering. They began to cover the walls, the ceiling, and finally the whole universe.”
– Yayoi Kusama
The surface is covered with looping red brushstrokes that spread evenly across the board, forming a dense, continuous pattern. Unlike the larger canvases Kusama exhibited in New York galleries during this period, this medium-scale work demonstrates the same obsessive detail and discipline on a more intimate support. The choice of canvasboard suggests experimentation and portability, while the red palette heightens the visual intensity of the composition. By the mid-1960s, Kusama’s Infinity Nets had become a defining feature of her career, linking painting, environment, and performance through the shared principle of repetition.