«She achieves a protean transformation of the «polka dot» pattern into the accumulation of banal found objects (
airmail stickers, working gloves, sofa springs) and stuffed protruding sculptural units and maintains stylistic independence from major artistic schools of her time — Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimalism, Nouvelle Tendence — while indicating some overlap with their experimental characteristics.»
First made in the early - 1960s, Kusama's soft sculptures adorned with phallic - like protuberances anticipate the work of Claes Oldenburg, while her use of wallpaper and collages incorporating elements such as
airmail stickers would have a profound influence on Andy Warhol.