Figure 1. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2002. Kids’ APT Interactive Artwork. Gallery 3. QAGOMA. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. Copyright Queensland Art Gallery. QAGOMA Imaging. Photographer: Natasha Harth.

Figure 2. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2002. Kids’ APT Interactive Artwork. Gallery 3. QAGOMA. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. Copyright Queensland Art Gallery. QAGOMA Imaging. Photographer: Natasha Harth.

Figure 3. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2002. Kids’ APT Interactive Artwork. Gallery 3. QAGOMA. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. Copyright Queensland Art Gallery. QAGOMA Imaging. Photographer: Natasha Harth.

Figure 4.  Artist’s Drawing. Yayoi Kusama, Kid’s APT Interactive Artwork, 2002. QAGOMA. Copyright Queensland Art Gallery. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.

Figure 5. Kids’ APT Interactive Artwork, 2002. Yayoi Kusama. Gallery 3. QAGOMA. Copyright Queensland Art Gallery. QAGOMA Imaging. Photographer: Natasha Harth.

Figure 6. Video still. Tate Modern Sticker Sheets. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2012. Tate Modern. TateShots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xNzr-fJHQw&t=43s.

Figure 7. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room and Sticker Sheet, 2017. Hirshhorn Museum, DC. Credit to Setarra at https://www.setarra.com/yayoi-kusama-infinity-mirrors-hirshhorn-museum-dc.

Figure 8.  Yayoi Kusama, Driving Image Show (exhibition poster), 1966. 18 x 22.5 in. (45.72 x 57.15 cm.). https://www.artnet.com/artists/yayoi-kusama/aggregation-one-thousand-boats-show-driving-image-E2mc79EXIR4AH4PzPn-DRw2.

Figure 9.Yayoi Kusama in her Studio, 1958-1959. Credit: Yayoi Kusama and the Phillips. https://www.phillips.com/detail/yayoi-kusama/HK010123/11.

Figure 10. Yayoi Kusama, Self-Obliteration Happening, c. 1960. Credit to Formidable Mag. https://www.formidablemag.com/yayoi-kusama/.

Figure 11. Yayoi Kusama in her Narcissus Garden installation, 1966. Venice Biennale. Credit to Formidable Mag. https://www.formidablemag.com/yayoi-kusama/.

Figure 12. Narcissus Garden, 1966/2002. Yayoi Kusama. Site-specific work. Watermall: 1200 x 2400 x 30cm. Mirror Balls: approx. 2000, 18cm diameter each. Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002. Queensland Art Gallery. Gifted to the Queensland Art Gallery by the Artist. Collection: Yayoi Kusama. Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo.

Figure 13. Yayoi Kusama with one of her “Accumulation” pieces, 1966. Image credit to Formidable Mag. https://www.formidablemag.com/yayoi-kusama.

Figure 14. The Obliteration Room (Before), 2002/2012. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2012. QAGOMA. Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2012. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. Locally sourced furniture and ornamentation, white paint, dot sheets.

Figure 15. The Obliteration Room (After), 2002/2012. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2012. QAGOMA. Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2012. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. Locally sourced furniture and ornamentation, white paint, dot sheets.

Figure 16. Yayoi Kusama, Obliteration Room (Interior Computer detail), 2015. Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea, NY. Imagine credit to Mindy Bond at the Culture Files. https://www.theculturefiles.com/yayoi-kusamas-dot-filled-exhibit-at-david-zwirner-closes-saturday/.

Figure 17. Children’s Toys Detail. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2012. Tate Modern. TateShots. Video still of room details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xNzr-fJHQw&t=43s.

Figure 18. Plush Toy Detail. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2012. Tate Modern. TateShots. Video still of room details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xNzr-fJHQw&t=43s.

Figure 19. Yayoi Kusama, Obliteration Room (Kitchen Detail), 2015. David Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea. Image credit of David Zwirner Gallery. https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2015/give-me-love#/installation-views.

Figure 20. Yayoi Kusama, (Before) installation view of The Obliteration Room, 2018. Art Gallery of Ontario. Furniture, white paint, dot stickers. Dimensions variable. The Obliteration Room (2002 to present) first commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. Collection of Queensland Art Gallery. © Yayoi Kusama. Photos by AGO Image Resources.

Figure 21. Yayoi Kusama, (After) installation view of The Obliteration Room, 2018. Art Gallery of Ontario. Furniture, white paint, dot stickers. Dimensions variable. The Obliteration Room (2002 to present) first commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. Collection of Queensland Art Gallery. © Yayoi Kusama. Photos by AGO Image Resources.

Figure 22. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2012. Tate Modern. TateShots. Video still of wall patterning.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xNzr-fJHQw&t=43s.

Figure 23. Rainbow Detail. Yayoi Kusama, Obliteration Room, 2022. Tate Modern. Credit Anna Piper-Thompson and Varsity Magazine. https://www.varsity.co.uk/arts/24188.

Figure 24. Yayoi Kusama, UNIQLO Tate Play: The Obliteration Room, 2022. Image: Reece Straw. Courtesy of Tate Modern. https://www.stirworld.com/see-news-yayoi-kusamas-famed-the-obliteration-room-comes-back-to-tate-modern.

Figure 25. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2018. Hirshhorn Museum. Images provided by the Hirshhorn Museum.

Figure 26. Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2018. Hirshhorn Museum. Images provided by the Hirshhorn Museum.

Figure 27. Hirshhorn Sticker Sheet.Yayoi Kusama, The Obliteration Room, 2017. Hirshhorn Museum, DC. Image credit Lana @ TravelSavvyGal. June 1, 2017. https://www.travelsavvygal.com/kusama-art-exhibitions/?cn-reloaded=1.

Timelapse Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an0g93vw5j8.

Figure 28. Video Still. Yayoi Kusama, Obliteration Room, 2018. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Image credit: Alexis Shulman.

Figure 29. Yayoi Kusama, (Before) installation view of The Obliteration Room, 2018. Art Gallery of Ontario. Furniture, white paint, dot stickers. Dimensions variable. The Obliteration Room (2002 to present) first commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. Collection of Queensland Art Gallery.© Yayoi Kusama. Photos by AGO Image Resources.

Figure 30. Yayoi Kusama, Obliteration Room, 2018. Art Gallery of Ontario. Furniture, white paint, dot stickers. The Obliteration Room (2002 to present) first commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery, Australia.Collection of Queensland Art Gallery. © Yayoi Kusama. Photos by AGO Image Resources.

Figure 31. Yayoi Kusama, (After) installation view of The Obliteration Room, 2018. Art Gallery of Ontario. Furniture, white paint, dot stickers. Dimensions variable. The Obliteration Room (2002 to present) first commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery, Australia. Collection of Queensland Art Gallery. © Yayoi Kusama. Photos by AGO Image Resources.

Figure 32. Exterior of the Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea, NY. Yayoi Kusama: Give Me Love Exhibition, 2015. Image credit to Lyman Creative Co. https://lymancreativegroup.com/blog/yayoi-kusama-at-the-david-zwirner-gallery and https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2015/give-me-love.

Figure 33. Yayoi Kusama, Obliteration Room (Exterior), 2015. David Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea. Image credit of David Zwirner Gallery. https://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibitions/2015/give-me-love#/installation-views.

Figure 34. Entrance to the Kusama Exhibit and The Obliteration Room. Yayoi Kusama. David Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea, NY, 2015. Image credit to Lyman Creative Co. https://lymancreativegroup.com/blog/yayoi-kusama-at-the-david-zwirner-gallery.

Figure 35. Entrance to the Kusama Exhibit and The Obliteration Room. Yayoi Kusama. David Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea, NY, 2015. Image credit to Lyman Creative Co. https://lymancreativegroup.com/blog/yayoi-kusama-at-the-david-zwirner-gallery.

Figure 36. Entrance to the Kusama Exhibit and The Obliteration Room. Yayoi Kusama. David Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea, NY, 2015. Image credit to Lyman Creative Co. https://lymancreativegroup.com/blog/yayoi-kusama-at-the-david-zwirner-gallery.

Figure 37. Inside of The Obliteration Room. Yayoi Kusama. David Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea, NY, 2015. Image credit to Lyman Creative Co. https://lymancreativegroup.com/blog/yayoi-kusama-at-the-david-zwirner-gallery.

Figure 38. Inside of The Obliteration Room. Yayoi Kusama. David Zwirner Gallery, Chelsea, NY, 2015. Image credit to Lyman Creative Co. https://lymancreativegroup.com/blog/yayoi-kusama-at-the-david-zwirner-gallery.

Figure 39. Soul Under the Moon, 2002. Yayoi Kusama. APT 2002: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Mirror/Infinity Room. QAGOMA. Copyright Queensland Art Gallery. QAGOMA Imaging. Photographer: Natasha Harth.

Figure 40. Yayoi Kusama for the Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton Ad Campaign: Infinity and Beyond, 2023. Courtesy of Louis Vuitton.

Figure 41. eBay Listing for an “Obliteration Room” Sticker Sheet. Listed by SGI51 Treasures, 2023. https://www.ebay.com/itm/304619237982.