Yayoi Kusama // Chapeau (I), 2000

  • Yayoi Kusama, Chapeau (I), 2000. Screenprint and lamé in colours, 38 × 45.5 cm, edition of 60. Features Kusama’s stylised hat motif with shimmering lamé highlights, merging everyday objects with her signature repetition and bold pattern.
    Chapeau (I), 2000
    Screenprint and lamé in colours, 38 × 45.5 cm (15 × 17 9/10 in.), Edition of 60
    © Yayoi Kusama.
     
    Yayoi Kusama’s Chapeau (Ⅰ) (2000) is a screenprint with lamé in colours, measuring 15 × 17.9 in, produced in an edition of 60. The work takes the hat as its central subject, transforming an everyday accessory into a striking image through Kusama’s distinctive use of bold pattern, vivid colour, and shimmering lamé. The reflective surface adds depth and radiance, giving the composition a vibrant, almost playful elegance.
     
    In this print, the contours of the hat are stylised into rhythmic lines and dot-filled forms, echoing Kusama’s wider exploration of repetition and infinity. By reimagining such a familiar object through graphic clarity and metallic embellishment, she elevates it beyond function into a symbolic form that resonates with themes of identity, memory, and transformation.
     
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  • “Accumulation is the result of my obsession, and through it I create a world of my own.”

     — Yayoi Kusama

    As with many of Kusama’s editioned works from the early 2000s, Chapeau (Ⅰ) demonstrates her ability to merge everyday imagery with her obsessive visual language. The print reflects her fascination with turning domestic and personal objects into icons of boundless imagination, reaffirming her unique ability to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.