Hirono Mime
Hirono Mime · 2023 · POP MART
9Regular
Prison
Prison is number 9: Hirono in a striped, convict-style shirt kneels on a mound of sand, wrapped in rope, with a sandcastle tower balanced on his head and a smaller sand turret beside him. POP MART’s caption says the sand mound is an independent base. His Chinese label 囚 means “prisoner”.
Prison (9) — details and collectors
FAQ
What does Hirono Prison mean?+
POP MART has not explained it. The author of our article sees a children’s game turned into a picture of limits that exist only in the mind yet feel real.
What is on Prison’s head?+
A crenellated sandcastle tower. A second, smaller turret stands on the sand next to him.