b'72 SFO ARTSCAPESPHOTO: COURTESY OF SFO MUSEUMSky High Heels If Minnie Mouse followed Alice down the rabbit hole intothat childhood hallucinations inspired the recurring motif. A polka Wonderland, these would be the perfect shoes for her trip.dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of Even the Queen of Hearts would be envious.the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, In reality, High Heels for Going to Heaven at San Franciscowhich is calm, she later elaborated. Our earth is only one polka Airport (SFO) demonstrates the pop art and utopian styles thatdot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is famous for around the world.infinity. Many of her creative trademarksgrand scale, minimalism,Kusamas freestanding polka dotted sculpture at SFO originally repeating shapes and the color redare immediately apparentappeared in an old part of Terminal 1, but was relocated to a in the painted plastic sculpture displayed post-security in Harveynewer section last spring. Her earlier sculpture of a single high-Milk Terminal 1.heeled shoe is on display at the Kirishima Open-Air Museum in Throughout her long career, Kusama (now 96 and reportedlyJapan. still painting, sculpting and writing) was known for breakingHigh Heels for Going to Heaven is one of nearly 190 pieces of art down barriers between fine art and the general public. Manyat SFO. The airports collection is among the most valuable in San of her works feature polka dotsa visual element she beganFrancisco, a city brimming with museums and galleries. experimenting with as early as age 10. As an adult, she indicated July | August 2025AirportImprovement.com'