Elegant Sumocat : Blu Dance and Battles of Balance, 2008
Sculpture : resin · 70 x 80 x 50 cm 27.6 x 31.5 x 19.7 inch
$17,432
17 432 $US
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Sculpture : numbered and limited to 20 copies
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Artwork sold in perfect condition
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Technique & Support
resin , without pedestal
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
70 x 80 x 50 cm 27.6 x 31.5 x 19.7 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
Elegant Sumocat: Blue Dance and Battles of Balance by Hiro Ando embodies a contemporary Neo-Pop interpretation of traditional Japanese sumo culture through the artist’s iconic feline mythology.
Founder of the Japanese studio Crazynoodles and a leading figure of the Nippon Neo-Pop movement, Hiro Ando has developed a sculptural universe where feline characters become modern cultural archetypes.
This 70 cm sculpture presents a more intimate version of Sumocat while preserving the powerful visual presence associated with the character.
Part of the series Neko Sculptural Symphony: Claws of Legends, the work dialogues with the other legendary feline figures composing Ando’s sculptural narrative.
Executed in glossy blue resin, the sculpture captures light beautifully, enhancing Sumocat’s generous and balanced volume.
The wide, grounded stance directly recalls the preparatory posture of sumo wrestlers before a match.
Yet the character’s calm facial expression introduces humor and accessibility into the composition.
Sumocat appears more protective and benevolent than intimidating, blending strength with warmth.
The deep blue tone evokes calmness and inner balance, contrasting with the implied energy of combat.
The smooth reflective surface reinforces the contemporary Neo-Pop identity of the sculpture.
Through Sumocat, Ando reflects on the modern need to balance confrontation with harmony in contemporary society.
Rounded shapes emphasize abundance and vitality rather than aggression or domination.
The sculpture demonstrates Ando’s talent for transforming sporting symbolism into a universal cultural icon.
Each detail reveals his ongoing dialogue between Japanese tradition and contemporary global aesthetics.
Despite its more accessible scale, the sculpture retains strong visual authority and presence.
Sumocat becomes a reassuring guardian figure embodying stability and playful optimism.
Collectors recognize the piece as an essential element of Ando’s evolving feline mythology.
The work perfectly merges pop culture references, Japanese heritage, and contemporary sculptural language.
Elegant Sumocat stands as a key sculpture for understanding Hiro Ando’s broader artistic universe.
Acquiring this work means embracing a sculpture symbolizing equilibrium, humor, and controlled power.
It ultimately confirms Ando’s ability to infuse traditional Japanese imagery with contemporary artistic vitality.
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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