Primrose
"Primrose" by Yayoi Kusama immerses the viewer in her signature obsessive patterning, where delicate floral forms are consumed by relentless fields of dots and bold, contrasting colors. The work reflects Kusama's lifelong exploration of infinity and self-obliteration, as the primrose motif dissolves into a hypnotic, all-encompassing visual rhythm. True to her artistic vision, the piece blurs the boundary between the organic and the abstract, transforming a simple flower into a vessel for her intense psychological and perceptual world.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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Under the Influence
April 8, 2014
Artists in conversation
Takashi Murakami
Japanese · b. 1962
Murakami similarly fuses floral motifs with obsessive repetitive patterning and vivid psychedelic color fields, as seen in his iconic smiling flower works that dissolve individual forms into overwhelming decorative rhythms.
Bridget Riley
British · b. 1931
Riley shares Kusama's commitment to relentless optical patterning that overwhelms the viewer with hypnotic visual rhythm, using bold contrasting colors and repeating motifs to create immersive abstract fields that blur perception and form.
Beatriz Milhazes
Brazilian · b. 1960
Milhazes creates densely layered compositions that interweave floral and circular motifs with bold contrasting colors and obsessive repetition, producing a similarly psychedelic and all consuming visual energy that dissolves organic references into abstract pattern.
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