“Pumpkin” by Yayoi Kusama | Style Imitating Art

I am excited to share this next art inspiration!

About Style Imitating Art

Style Imitating Art is hosted by Salazar of 14 Shades of Grey, Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge, and Marsha of Marsha in the Middle. Style Imitating Art challenges us to draw style inspiration from pieces of art. Every other Monday, one of the hosts, acting as presenter, selects an inspiration image that they will each post on their blogs. The following Monday, each host shares her art inspired outfit. Participants are invited to submit their art inspired outfits to the presenter by 10:00 p.m. EST on the Tuesday following the hosts’ art inspired outfit posts. The following day, Wednesday, the presenter will share all of the submissions on her blog.

You don’t have to be a blogger to join either! In fact, you don’t even have to join but you can still use the art to inspire an outfit just for the sake of trying something different. If you want to share your inspired outfit, we invite you do so on Instagram or any other social media platform that you prefer. Just be sure to tag Salazar, Shelbee, or Marsha or use #TeamLOTSStyle and #StyleImitatingArt so the hosts know you have joined. Go have some fun in your closets and join the SIA challenge next week!

This Week’s Presenter

Salazar recently visited Japan and wanted to choose a Japanese artist for this round of SIA. Since we have featured several Classical Japanese artists already, she decided to choose a contemporary artist instead.

Yayoi Kusama is best known for her polka dot artworks. Salazar chose one of her most famous pieces, a giant yellow pumpkin sculpture with black dots. There are several of these pumpkin sculptures around the world, but this particular one, located on Naoshima Island in Japan, is one of the largest in the whole pumpkin series.

The Artwork

“Pumpkin” (1994) by Yayoi Kusama

I am super excited to learn more about this fascinating artist. I have long been a fan of her polka dot works but I have never taken the time to learn anything about the woman behind the amazing art.

If you would like to join us with your own outfit inspired by this dotty pumpkin and have it featured in Salazar’s review post on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, please be sure to send your photos to 14shadesofgreyblog@gmail.com by 10:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Happy styling! 

Keeping it on the edge, 

Shelbee

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