Ay-O - オリンピック - 女子100メートル (Olympic Games - Women's 100M)

Modern | Sōsaku Hanga Silkscreen Print

Ay-O captures the explosive speed and power of a sprinter mid-stride, her form sliced into undulating bands of rainbow colour that echo the electric energy of the Olympic track. The horizontal gradations convey the rush of motion as she blurs past the finish line, a vibrant celebration of athletic grace. 🏃🌈

• Year & Edition: 1988 · Ed. of 100 (93/100) (editioned, signed & dated in pencil).
• Medium: Silkscreen.
• Dimensions: Sheet W: 90.00 cm × H: 55.75 cm; Image W: 82.50 cm × H: 40.00 cm.
• Condition: Fabulous; as new - unblemished with vivid inks; paper clean, crisp & bright.
• Notes: Raisonné No. 612 in Rainbow Rainbow: Ay-O’s Rainbow Prints Catalogue Raisonné 1982–2000 (Abe Publishing, 2004); one of thirteen designs commemorating the 1988 Seoul Summer and Calgary Winter Games.

About the Artist

Ay-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. [ ← View All Works by Ay-O]