LY

LIVING WITH LUV

€4,000

Edition of 5030.0 (H) × 17.5 (W) × 15.8 (D) cm

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LUV has found a four-legged friend.

LY chronicles life in Tokyo through the exploits of her enduring muse, LUV. Domestic motifs in recent works signal a shift in LY’s own life after becoming a mother. LUV’s dog, for example, represents unconditional love – and holding onto what’s precious.

Each sculpture is made from a combination of cast bronze and resin, then carefully hand-painted in LY’s signature shades of grey.

“LUV often stands still and looks ahead – thinking about where to go next, and holding onto the precious things that they found on their journey so far.”

LIVING WITH LUV was created to coincide with a pop-up of the same name in London. Read the journal and discover more opportunities to collect.

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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