The installation revisits the origins of Kusama’s art, which she traces back to her childhood. "One day, after gazing at a pattern of red flowers on the tablecloth, I looked up to see that the ceiling, the windows, and the columns seemed to be plastered with the same red floral pattern. I saw the entire room, my entire body, and the entire universe covered with red flowers, and in that instant, my soul was obliterated … this was not an illusion, but reality itself," the artist explains in a press statement. Photo 2 of 6 in Design Digest: Yayoi Kusama, Gucci ArtLab, a Powerful Lynching Memorial, and More

Design Digest: Yayoi Kusama, Gucci ArtLab, a Powerful Lynching Memorial, and More

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The installation revisits the origins of Kusama’s art, which she traces back to her childhood. "One day, after gazing at a pattern of red flowers on the tablecloth, I looked up to see that the ceiling, the windows, and the columns seemed to be plastered with the same red floral pattern. I saw the entire room, my entire body, and the entire universe covered with red flowers, and in that instant, my soul was obliterated … this was not an illusion, but reality itself," the artist explains in a press statement.