{"product_id":"ay-o-jurojin-b","title":"Ay-O - じゅろうじんB (Jurōjin B)","description":"\u003ch6 data-end=\"397\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eModern | Sōsaku Hanga Silkscreen Print\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fabulous print by Ay-O: じゅろうじんB (Jurōjin B). Ay-O takes Jurōjin - the Japanese god of longevity and one of the Seven Lucky Gods - and completely recasts the traditional figure through his unmistakable rainbow palette. The long beard, staff and flowing robes remain immediately recognisable, but shift through bands of red, orange, yellow, green and blue against an intense blue ground. A wonderfully bold meeting of traditional Japanese iconography and Ay-O’s radical use of colour, produced as part of his 2004 Seven Lucky Gods group. 🌈🧙♂️\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\"\u003eYear \u0026amp; Edition: 2004 · Ed. of 145 (26\/145) (signed, editioned \u0026amp; dated in pencil).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: Silkscreen on Arches paper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: Sheet H: 45.50 cm × W: 31.25 cm; Image H: 36.00 cm × W: 25.00 cm.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: As new; well stored over the years. Beautiful rich, vibrant colour.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes: Jurōjin (寿老人) is one of Japan’s Shichifukujin (七福神), the Seven Lucky Gods, and is traditionally associated with longevity. He is commonly depicted as an elderly man with a long white beard carrying a staff, sometimes accompanied by other symbols of long life. Ay-O’s 2004 treatment retains these familiar attributes while transforming the figure through the rainbow colour spectrum that became central to his work. The print belongs to Ay-O’s 2004 Seven Lucky Gods group, also produced in an edition of 14. Jurōjin B is the バック (background) version, paired with Jurōjin A, where the figure appears against a white ground.\u003cem\u003e Catalogue Raisonné No. 977(b) in Rainbow Rainbow Rainbow: Ay-O’s Rainbow Prints Catalogue Raisonné 2000-2011 (epjp\/ePublishing, 2012).\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAy-O (born 1931) is a seminal figure in postwar Japanese avant-garde art, celebrated for his immersive “Rainbow” series of vibrant paintings, silkscreens and installations. Early influences included the Demokrato Artist Association and the Society for Creative Art Education, which fostered his experimental spirit. In the 1960s he joined George Maciunas’s Fluxus movement, collaborating with Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik and Claes Oldenburg on boundary-pushing performances. Ay-O’s playful, multi-sensory use of gradated colour has earned him international acclaim, with major exhibitions at the National Museum of Asian Art (Washington, D.C.) and Kunsthal Aarhus, and works held in the British Museum, MoMA (New York) and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. \u003ca title=\"靉嘔 Ay-O (1931-Present)\" href=\"https:\/\/xm7kjz-qq.myshopify.com\/collections\/ay-o\"\u003e[ ← View All Works by Ay-O]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumo Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58981333238104,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/6745\/8648\/files\/Ay-O-JurojinBThmb.jpg?v=1793823886","url":"https:\/\/www.kumoarts.com\/products\/ay-o-jurojin-b","provider":"Kumo Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}