Yayoi Kusama is suffering from mental illness, I don’t know whether she is conscious when she is making her works, what she wants to express, is a rational psychotic or a philosopher sleepwalking into a new world.

Her artwork is an expression of her life, particularly of her mental disease, some small works reflect the great depth of her inner heart. They represent an assertion of denial, or a negative, while her White Infinity Nets are an expression of a positive.

Her works are characterised by dense, endless dots, stripes, and bright colours. Dot and her mental illness become to the deepest imprint of this artist.

People fear in their own world and wast time hurriedly, but she insist on creating “Yayoi Kusama’s world”.

“Polka dots symbolise disease. The couch bristled with phalluses. The macaroni-strewn floor symbolised fear of sex and food, while the nets symbolise horror toward infinity of the universe, we can not live without air.”

Photography of collage by Yayoi Kusama with the artist reclining on ‘Accumulation No.2’