Yayoi Kusama // The Yangtze River, 1990

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    The Yangtze River, 1990
    Print, 63 × 54 cm (24 4/5 × 21 3/10 in.), Edition of 100
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    Yayoi Kusama’s The Yangtze River (1990) is a print measuring 63 × 54 cm, produced in an edition of 100. The work reflects her fascination with natural landscapes, reimagined through her distinctive visual language of rhythm, repetition, and bold colour. By evoking the power of one of the world’s most iconic rivers, Kusama transforms a geographical subject into a symbolic meditation on infinity and flow.
     
    The composition captures the movement and energy of water, translated into stylised forms that echo her wider interest in organic rhythms and endless patterns. Rather than depicting the river in a naturalistic way, Kusama abstracts its currents into flowing lines and shapes that suggest continuity, persistence, and the interconnectedness of all life.
     
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  • “My desire was to predict and measure the infinity of the unbounded universe, from my own position in it, with dots.”

     

     — Yayoi Kusama

    As with many of her editioned works from the 1990s, The Yangtze River demonstrates Kusama’s ability to fuse the natural world with her personal vision. The print distils her lifelong themes of obsession and repetition into a landscape that resonates both as a specific place and as a metaphor for boundless experience.