Azure Sumonmyoji's Resonance : A Harmonious Ode to Onmyodo's Enigmatic Dance of Dualities, 2017
Sculpture : resin · 120 x 130 x 80 cm 47.2 x 51.2 x 31.5 inch
CHF 21,188
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Sculpture : numbered and limited to 8 copies
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resin , without pedestal
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120 x 130 x 80 cm 47.2 x 51.2 x 31.5 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Azure Sumonmyoji's Resonance : A Harmonious Ode to Onmyōdō's Enigmatic Dance of Dualities represents a new monumental variation of the iconic Sumocat developed by Hiro Ando, where traditional Japanese culture engages in dialogue with the vibrant aesthetics of contemporary Nippon Neo-Pop.
Founder of the Crazynoodles studio and a leading figure of this artistic movement, Ando continues here his exploration of dualities rooted in Onmyōdō, the ancient philosophy based on the balance of opposing forces shaping both the universe and human identity.
Standing 130 cm high, this work in glossy blue resin rests on an internal steel structure, ensuring stability while offering a luminous surface that captures and reflects surrounding light.
The Sumocat’s body is composed of countless micro-sculptures derived from Ando’s Onmyōdō universe, assembled into a living skin made of hundreds of miniature faces.
Each element becomes a narrative cell, evoking the coexistence of human emotions between serenity and confrontation, harmony and tension.
Two faces of the Samuraicat express calm confidence and protective energy, while two others reveal a more combative expression, recalling the ambivalent nature of inner strength.
The deep blue coloration introduces a new reading associated with wisdom, depth, and stability, while also evoking oceans and the vastness of interior worlds.
In this chromatic interpretation, Ando transforms the physical power of the sumotori into a meditative presence, inviting contemplation rather than confrontation.
The repetition of miniature figures generates a rhythmic visual vibration, giving the sculpture an internal pulse perceptible as viewers move around it.
The work becomes a landscape of faces in which every detail encourages close observation, progressively revealing the richness of its composition.
This sculpture exemplifies Ando’s ability to translate ancient Japanese mythological references into a visual language accessible to a global contemporary audience.
It also reflects our present era, marked by layered identities and the ongoing search for equilibrium between gentleness and personal assertion.
Azure Sumonmyoji's Resonance functions as a playful yet protective pop guardian, combining visual humor with symbolic depth.
Its monumental yet approachable presence allows seamless integration in both private collections and high-visibility exhibition contexts.
For collectors, the piece represents a rare opportunity to acquire a major work synthesizing Hiro Ando’s central themes and the evolution of his iconographic universe.
The combination of scale, sculptural complexity, and strong visual signature positions the work as a future centerpiece within collections dedicated to contemporary Japanese Neo-Pop art.
Azure Sumonmyoji's Resonance ultimately stands as a vibrant celebration of human duality, carried by Hiro Ando’s singular creative energy.
Presentation
Hiro Ando was born in 1973 on the island of Shikoku in Japan. Hiro Ando started his career as an illustrator in 1995. In 2005 he founded with Saori Nakamishi an artist studio in Tokyo to manage the creation and promotion of other young neo-pop artists who express their own popular culture in their creations. Today the studio "Crazynoodles" has ten artists.
Hiro Ando is a versatile artist. He works in oil on canvas, digital media or video. His technique consists of making several sketches before painting on canvas. The painting shapes itself and emerges in the streets of Tokyo at night, and combines lots of colors and graphics. Hiro paints dark cityscapes and goldfish all over the canvas.
The marriage of the two subjects makes the whole of the painting dynamic and violent, with a strange feeling of eternity given by the goldfish which recall old Japanese paintings and watercolors. The sculpture is a recent addition to the media used by Ando, who started working on a series of orange, green sculptures ... inspired by Japanese popular culture. Thus the cat, which is a lucky charm in Japan, like the Maneki-Neko, takes different forms such as the samurai or the sumo wrestler.
The artist translates this theme into a modern style. The shiny and smooth materials, the vivid colors, the brutal but rounded shapes of Hiro Ando's sculptures take us to the world of manga in which the artist's generation grew up. Hiro Ando's art is the meeting between the Meiji era and Manga, he is Shogun in the world of Pokemon, he is traditional Japan seen through the eyes of young people: he certainly belongs to Japanese neo pop art.
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