The Root of Repetition

She blooms from the hood, Dots fall like forgotten thoughts— The road coils inward.

A surreal fusion of form and field: a red-haired figure grows organically from a yellow polka-dot car, rooted in a glowing, dreamlike forest. Floating orbs hover between gnarled trees and scattered shadows, transforming Kusama’s signature motifs into an immersive myth of self, motion, and stillness.

Artistic Statement: In this piece, Kusama’s visual language is transformed from motif into metaphysical ecosystem. The polka dots are no longer decorative—they are cellular, astral, and ancestral. The car becomes a seed. The figure is the sprout. Set within a twilight forest of memory and subconscious terrain, the image suggests that repetition is not just obsessive—it is the root of being.

Influencing Artists: Yayoi Kusama, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Tetsuya Ishida, Giorgio de Chirico

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