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Lot Essay
Andromeda Galaxy Hights was executed at the very beginning of Nara and Sugito's collaboration. The painting depicts Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, inviting the viewer inside a unique and magical universe, shedding light on the dreamy and sensitive interior world of a child. Packed with symbols and icons suggesting a rich universe, the composition and subject of the painting brings together both Nara's and Sugito's visual characteristics in perfect balance.
Here, the head becomes a house, bustling with energy and enlightenment. And as the house gets ready to be blown away by a tornado, each window becomes a significant metaphor for opening up our memories and integrating new emotions. Vibrant and visually captivating, Andromeda Galaxy Hights demonstrates a constant exploration of human emotions, reawakening sentiments and experiences from our past. There is a harmony of angst, happiness and the complexity of human psychology, packaged in Nara and Sugito's sweet integration of visual associations universally prevalent to the contemporary era. Nara's iconic young subjects effectively represent the very youth of each individual. His ability to appeal to the masses, his embrace of common scenarios and the easily recognisable figures powerfully indicate Nara's prowess as a communicative artist and a leading contemporary figure of the 21st century.
Andromeda Galaxy Hights is a high quality work epitomizing the greatness that can be produced from a harmonized collaboration between two artists with similar purpose, yet different symbolic languages.
Here, the head becomes a house, bustling with energy and enlightenment. And as the house gets ready to be blown away by a tornado, each window becomes a significant metaphor for opening up our memories and integrating new emotions. Vibrant and visually captivating, Andromeda Galaxy Hights demonstrates a constant exploration of human emotions, reawakening sentiments and experiences from our past. There is a harmony of angst, happiness and the complexity of human psychology, packaged in Nara and Sugito's sweet integration of visual associations universally prevalent to the contemporary era. Nara's iconic young subjects effectively represent the very youth of each individual. His ability to appeal to the masses, his embrace of common scenarios and the easily recognisable figures powerfully indicate Nara's prowess as a communicative artist and a leading contemporary figure of the 21st century.
Andromeda Galaxy Hights is a high quality work epitomizing the greatness that can be produced from a harmonized collaboration between two artists with similar purpose, yet different symbolic languages.
