Yayoi Kusama // High Heels (2), 1999

  • Yayoi Kusama, High Heels (2), 1999. Silkscreen print with lamé on paper, 60 × 68 cm, edition of 60. Depicts Kusama’s patterned interpretation of high heels, blending fashion imagery with her signature repetition and bold design.
    High Heels (2), 1999
    Silkscreen print and lamé on paper, 60 × 68 cm (23 5/8 × 26 3/4 in.), Edition of 60
    © Yayoi Kusama. 
     
    Yayoi Kusama’s High Heels (2) (1999) is a silkscreen print with lamé on paper, measuring 60 × 68 cm, produced in an edition of 60. The work transforms the everyday image of footwear into a dazzling, stylised motif, enriched with metallic lamé that heightens its visual impact. By combining bold graphic outlines with shimmering texture, Kusama elevates a familiar object into an emblem of desire, glamour, and psychological intensity.
     
    The subject of shoes has appeared in Kusama’s practice since the 1960s, often infused with surreal undertones. In this work, the repetition of the high heel reflects both her fascination with fashion and her deeper exploration of obsession, identity, and femininity. The image resonates with her broader visual language, where ordinary forms are reimagined through pattern, colour, and material into extraordinary visions.
     
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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 her editioned works from the late 1990s, High Heels (2) demonstrates Kusama’s ability to fuse personal symbolism with popular culture. The shimmering lamé surface amplifies the sense of allure, turning the print into a striking statement of style and repetition, and reinforcing her lifelong interest in dissolving boundaries between art, fashion, and everyday life.