Infinity Nets (OZEH), 2011
Acrylic on canvas
194×259.1 cm (76.4×102 inches)
Signed, titled and dated “OZEH INFINITY NETS YAYOI KUSAMA 2011” on the reverse

Provenance
OTA FINE ARTS, Tokyo
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Phillips New-York: 16 November 2016
USD 1,810,000

Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Nets OZEH is covered with a fine net of swirling scallops. This delicate composition is at the center of Kusama’s practice, of an impression scale seems to merge into the wall upon which it is displayed allowing the white pattern to slip off the canvas. Across the surface is a mesmerizing blanket of peaks and valleys, engulfing the viewer into the same meditative state as the artist who carefully applied the white pigment. Painted in 2011, Infinity Nets OZEH draws upon the groundbreaking series of Kusama’s Infinity Nets, her most iconic series. Applying small circles of white paint in perpetuity, Kusama painstakingly fills the large horizontal canvas of the present lot and exposes two contradictory attitudes, the controlling aspect of repetition and the liberating effects of losing control.