Image: ZK Gallery, San Francisco
ZK Gallery in San Francisco is offering two oil paintings by Yigal Ozeri depicting Yayoi Kusama, bringing together portraits made in 2023 and 2022. The works, both titled ‘Yayoi Kusama’, are presented together in a sales announcement describing them as a meeting of Ozeri’s photorealistic approach and Kusama’s status as one of contemporary art’s most recognizable figures.
The presentation is framed by the gallery as ‘Through the Eyes of Yigal Ozeri’. Rather than announcing a dated exhibition or public programme, the material identifies the paintings as available for acquisition through ZK Gallery. The gallery’s listed address is 211 Jefferson Street, San Francisco, California, and inquiries for the works are directed through its contact channels.
Each painting is executed in oil on canvas and measures 50 by 50 inches. Their matching scale and medium give the two portraits a deliberately consistent physical presence, while their different dates distinguish them as separate works within the presentation. The gallery describes the pair as inviting close attention to Kusama herself and to the relationship between artist, image and perception.
Ozeri is described in the announcement as known for extraordinarily detailed oil paintings and a signature photorealistic approach. In these works, that method is directed toward the image of Kusama, whose public and artistic identity has become closely associated with repetition, infinity, perception and the self. The resulting encounter places Ozeri’s technically focused portrait practice alongside the visual and conceptual language attributed to Kusama’s work.
The gallery’s announcement also presents Kusama’s legacy in memorial terms, identifying her as ‘Yayoi Kusama (1929–2026)’ and describing her influence across mediums and generations. It characterizes her practice as having fundamentally shaped contemporary art through explorations of repetition, infinity, perception and selfhood. Those statements provide the institutional context for Ozeri’s portraits, which focus on Kusama as both an individual subject and a figure whose image carries broad cultural recognition.
The two paintings are listed individually for inquiry: ‘Yayoi Kusama, 2023’ and ‘Yayoi Kusama, 2022’. Both are oil on canvas, both measure 50 × 50 inches, and both are available through ZK Gallery.
