Otherworldly, Pumpkin 1992 showcases Kusama’s meticulous use of black dots on a golden orange surface and background of intricate linework associated with her celebrated ‘net’ paintings. The unpretentious pumpkin has long featured in Kusama’s art practice, and provided a comforting, grounding motif and symbol of fertility among the flashes of lights, dots and flowers that assailed her during the hallucinatory episodes of her youth.