Arm Chair

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These are from Yayoi Kusama’s first body of sculpture, which the artist described as “accumulations.” She covered utilitarian objects with masses of phallic stuffed and sewn cloth pouches and painted them either a single color or with polka dots. Symbols of traditional female roles—domestic objects and the activity of sewing—are joined with male protrusions. In Kusama’s work, everyday objects merge with biology gone awry in a surreal world leavened by humor but dominated by obsession.

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Shoes
Chairs
Sculpture
Japanese
Phallic
Found objects
Texture