YAYOI KUSAMA OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS PUMPKIN. Image size 33cm by 24cm. With frame size 48cm by 39cm. â€Å“Her expression transcends the question of whether [the art] is Oriental or American. Although it is something of bothï¼Å’ certainly of such Americans as Rothkoï¼Å’ Stillï¼Å’ and Newmanï¼Å’ it is not at all a synthesis and is thoroughly independent. [Kusamaâ€â„¢s Infinity Nets] are advanced in all respects; the great frontalityï¼Å’ the relative lack of toneï¼Å’ the dual economy and complexity of the structureï¼Å’ the importance of the single strokeï¼Å’ whose multiplicity is so essential hereï¼Å’ and the color and detail as surface itself. The expression is cool and tough; its vast generality is achieved through a precision and an individuality of statement.”Donald Juddï¼Å’ October 1959ï¼Å’ cited in Exh. Cat.ï¼Å’ Los Angeles County Museum of Art (and travelling)ï¼Å’ Love Forever: Yayoi Kusamaï¼Å’ 1958 â€â€œ 1968ï¼Å’ 1998ï¼Å’ p. 12) Expanding outward in an undulating lattice of loops and curlsï¼Å’ Yayoi Kusamaâ€â„¢s NETS-OBSESSION [OPR] is both meditative and ferocious. Initially conceptualized after the artist moved from Japan to Manhattan in the late 1950sï¼Å’ the artistâ€â„¢s series of Infinity Nets sprouted from a deep-seated ambition to establish herself in the New York art world. Resplendent with endlessly repeating strokesï¼Å’ the works in the series are a dual manifestation and coping mechanism for the artistâ€â„¢s obsessive-compulsive disorder and hallucinations brought on by a psychological condition. Labored over in 2003ï¼Å’ NETS-OBSESSION [OPR] continues the legacy of this iconic seriesï¼Å’ employing the same repetitive and hypnotic mark making that characterizes Kusamaâ€â„¢s oeuvreï¼Å’ and functioning as a conceptual nexus of obsession and the unconsciousï¼Å’ ultimately culminating in a canvas of peak visual and psychological intensity. In NETS-OBSESSION [OPR]ï¼Å’ Kusamaâ€â„¢s restricted palette imparts a sense of ethereality onto the canvas; the work is vaporousï¼Å’ texturally anomalous and full of reflected light. The artistâ€â„¢s innumerable brushstrokes pile onto one anotherï¼Å’ culminating in some parts of the canvas in mounds of expressive impastoï¼Å’ and congealing into radiating planes of pigment in others. Each dab of paint is laid with a punctilious devotion to the act of mark makingï¼Å’ consuming the canvas in a field of texture. Pushing the concept of the all over compositionï¼Å’ the overriding doctrine of mid-century abstractionï¼Å’ to its logical extremeï¼Å’ NETS-OBSESSION [OPR] is â€Å“[w]ithout composition-without beginningï¼Å’ end or center” (The artist quoted in Laura Hoptman â€Å“A Reckoningï¼Å’” in Ed. Laura Hoptmanï¼Å’ Yayoi Kusamaï¼Å’ London 2000ï¼Å’ p. 103). Kusamaâ€â„¢s Infinity Nets inhabit a psychological realm nestled between the premeditation of grand artistic concept and the automatism of surrealism. The undulatingï¼Å’ almost topographical surface of the work hypnotically meanders across the extent of the picture planeï¼Å’ mirroring the process in which it is createdï¼Å’ which in the words of Kusama causes a â€Å“dizzyï¼Å’ emptyï¼Å’ hypnotic feeling” (ibid). Absorptive and dizzyingly ornateï¼Å’ NETS-OBSESSION [OPR] inspires this same entrancement through opticalityï¼Å’ each mark coming together to render a field of texture that fundamentally alters the space in which the work is installed. Executed in the mature period of the artistâ€â„¢s careerï¼Å’ NETS-OBSESSION [OPR] is painted in acrylic pigment rather than oil. Kusama transitioned to this water-soluble medium in the 1980sï¼Å’ which built on her foundational training in traditional Japanese watercolor. The faster drying time of acrylic speaks to the artistâ€â„¢s relentless endurance and will to paintï¼Å’ cultivated over years of unending artmaking. This technical development speaks to the artistâ€â„¢s will to enact her vision with an efficiency and ferocity that reflects her sense of purpose and emotional investment in her body of work as a whole. What the artist puts into the workï¼Å’ the work gives backï¼Å’ dilating space and timeï¼Å’ encouraging absorptionï¼Å’ and sharing Kusamaâ€â„¢s painterly virtuosity and singular conceptual vision with the world. Shipping cost incluing pack ange deliver to US address 50 USD and International 150 USD. We can arrange door-to-door delivery to most east coast address and provide to check perior to pay. Please read our policy carefully: 1. All sales are final, no return at any reason. 2. We do not have additional images, all images listed here and all bidders see the same. 3. No PayPal and Credit Card accepted. 4. We arrange in-house packing and delivery. Shipping cost is listed. No bargin or discount for it. Delivery and US shipping will kept frame, international shipping will remove the frame except buyer pay for shipping cost. 5. We do not provide in-site pickup and third party shipper delivery. If you do not like our policy, please simply do not bid with us. Thank you.