yayoi kusama...artist of the month

while blogjogging recently, looking for music, i came across a blog (the name escapes me) that featured not only music but a different artist every few posts. that is how i discovered the magical masterpieces of yayoi kusama. here are some brilliant pieces by her and an amazing quote by her that cemented my love for her and her work.

Yayoi Kusama said about her 1954 painting titled Flower (D.S.P.S),

"One day I was looking at the red flower patterns of the tablecloth on a table, and when I looked up I saw the same pattern covering the ceiling, the windows and the walls, and finally all over the room, my body and the universe. I felt as if I had begun to self-obliterate, to revolve in the infinity of endless time and the absoluteness of space, and be reduced to nothingness. As I realized it was actually happening and not just in my imagination, I was frightened. I knew I had to run away lest I should be deprived of my life by the spell of the red flowers. I ran desperately up the stairs. The steps below me began to fall apart and I fell down the stairs straining my ankle."