Sumo Totem – Vision (2019) is a sculptural work by Arnaud Nazare-Aga, stacking three stylized sumo figures into a vertical, totem-like composition.

Across their rounded bodies, the artist layers vivid colours and recognizable visual references, including imagery recalling Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man and the iconic Japanese wave motif. Seen from the reverse, graphic symbols and calligraphic elements further reinforce the dialogue between Japanese culture and Western art history.

The playful proportions and glossy surface are characteristic of Nazare-Aga’s sculptural language, while the accumulation of figures gives the work a strong vertical rhythm. Here, the human body becomes both a sculptural form and a surface onto which different cultural references are assembled.