LY

With his Sidekick (Small)

€4,000

Edition of 5035.0 (H) × 9.7 (W) × 7.0 (D) cm

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LY’s trademark character LUV drifts through city life taking great care of the things they love.

A new composition, With his sidekick, recalls the artist’s memories of skate culture in Tokyo as a teenager. Often seen clutching their most cherished possession, a skateboard deck, LUV is rendered in greyscale to echo the urban sprawl of Tokyo.

“I saw skaters carrying around their skateboard deck wherever they went, thinking it must be such a precious thing for them!”

With his sidekick will appear alongside a series of unseen original works at an upcoming show in Tokyo.

Medium

Hand-painted bronze sculpture.

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Finishing

Signature and edition number engraved on underside of foot.

Release date

September 26, 2022

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LY smiling standing in front of a greyscale painting

LY16 collaborationsLY is a Tokyo artist born and bred, and in her art, she depicts her beloved city through the prism of her imagination. Her painting, drawing and sculpture muse on modern life in a neo-pop, Superflat style. And there is one main character at the centre of it all, LUV. The black and white endearing creature appears in different settings, from cityscapes to lush forests, all depicted with hard-edged planes of colour. Through LUV, LY also tells personal anecdotes to document broader cultural trends and histories. The painting The Skate Shop in the Woods (2020), for example, shows a quintessential pandemic scenario: LUV arriving at a shop to find it closed. One iteration of LUV is curled on the floor, looking lonely, while another comically pokes its head out from behind a shrub as if to say ‘peek-a-boo’. Together, the different sides of LUV’s personality perfectly capture the strange mix of loneliness, boredom and absurdity felt by many people during global lockdowns.

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