Yayoi Kusama’s pumpkin sculpture is expected to be installed at Hyde Park. Plans have been submitted for a large polka-dotted artwork called the ‘Pumpkin’ by the Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama.
The artist has partnered with The Serpentine Gallery and The Royal Parks to bring the creation to London. Kusama’s will be the latest presentation in a long-standing series of public presentations in Hyde Park.
The maroon creation with black polka dots, based on a Kabocha or Japanese pumpkin, will measure six feet tall and 5.5 meters in diameter. It will be placed from June to November this year if planning permission is granted.
Over the years, Kusama’s pumpkins have taken many forms, colours and shapes, while always being covered in her famous pattern of polka dots in various sizes. The artists relationship to the kabocha stems from her childhood as her family home was surrounded by fields of the squash. Planning agents for the Serpentine Gallery also explained the artist admires them for ‘their everyday quality, hardiness and their unique, frequently humorous forms.’
