Acrylic on canvas. Features a yellow butterfly with black polka dots against a magenta net pattern background.
Dimensions: Image size: 91 x 91 cm.
Note: The butterfly is a poignant symbol in Kusama's iconography, representing transformation, beauty, and the ephemeral nature of life amidst the infinite. Here, the insect does not escape the artist's hallucination; it is subsumed by it. Both the creature (via dots) and the void (via nets) are subject to Kusama's concept of "Self-Obliteration"-the dissolution of the ego into the universe through repetition. This painting represents a synthesis of her avant-garde history and her mastery of color, serving as a visual metaphor for her lifelong mental health journey and her triumph as a global artistic phenomenon.