The Artwork of the Month's activity and label focus on a single work in the Walker's collection and provide entertaining art experiences for young people. You can see an activity with the ArtsConnectEd image viewer or download the PDF file to your computer. Use the Prev/Next buttons to move between images of the PDF and the actual file. About the Artwork Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama moved to New York in the late 1950s and quickly made a name for herself with both small and large works she called “accumulation sculptures.” To make them, she covered many ordinary household objects—chairs, ironing boards, ladders, clothing, rugs, and cookware— with dense patterns of polka-dots, squiggly lines, and other shapes made from materials such as canvas or real macaroni. When she was finished, she often painted the artworks all one color. Kusama sewed, stuffed, and painted canvas to make hundreds of forms like those you see repeated in the sculpture Oven- Pan. They seem to flow over the sides, almost as if they could wriggle away.