Yayoi Kusama takes on self-sublimation as a primary concept and goes on to achieve an infinite continuation of creation. Kusama’s works are collected the world over and, consequently, her trade-mark unlimited polka dots and net patterns have widespread recognition. The theme of sublimation can be traced back to a hallucination Kusama began having in childhood: her fear of multiplying polka dots, as seen in her hallucination, set off a never-ending stream of artistic creations much like an ever-present hallucination. When Kusama’s sublimating polka dots fill the surfaces of objects and space, the object itself is sublimated into the space, blurring the boundary of objects, space, the world, and the polka dots themselves.

Summer Festival portrays the boundless beauty, which the artist has seen in the festivals by using identical polka dots, net patterns, numerous colors, and a composition without a single focal point. Polka dots and net patterns contain simple yet fully-charged geometry, and the continuous repetition of each stroke represents the artist’s perseverance. In Kusama’s Infinite series, the repeated duplicated graph delivers the artist’s quasi-neurotic persistence and willpower. The artist creates a kind of beauty that transcends all boundaries and limits via her ever-multiplying images.