Polka dots that was the trademark of Yayoi Kusama in her initial years. Her paintings were different from other pop art artists.
She used to depict simple paintings of mundane objects such as distorted bird shapes, daily use products,
Her specialty is- Yayoi Kusama began covering surfaces as Keith Haring- She painted at all possible places- household objects, floors, canvases, walls even naked assistants. By 1950, she came to public attention due to this unique style.
And by late 1960, this pop art artist had become famous in the art world and advertisement industry. She is not only renowned in painting and drawing, but her work is spread to installation art, performance art, writing, and fashion, etc.
Art with Polka dots:
The idea of this art had come from her hallucination (dream) wherein she had imagined— flashes of light, auras, or dense fields of dots.
Same, she tried on her naked participants, first of all, Yayoi Kusama organized an exhibition and invited people from all over the world. Then she covered each naked participants with polka dots.
And many times she succeeds in getting prize and appreciation of other pop art artists. Artistic expression with polka dots was unique to everyone, that’s why due to this artistic expression, she became famous among other artists.