Illustration of a person in black sitting among abstract yellow trees and clouds, with a white flower nearby.

LY

LUV Blossoming

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In this new limited edition silkscreen print, LY brings bright hope for the future.

In 2023, LY introduced her amorphous, wandering muse, LUV, to a world of colour – breaking free from the monochromatic legacy that once defined her practice. Here, she guides the character into a golden-hued forest – its trees symbolising growth and limitless potential.

To bring LY’s first exploration of this new palette to life, printmakers at Make-Ready meticulously translated each carefully chosen shade into a complex, 20-colour silkscreen. The result is a vivacious celebration of colour, marking a joyful new chapter in the artist’s practice.

The first time I ever drew LUV, they were in this seated position. Staring straight ahead, it was a symbol of determination and hope. Over the past ten years since, many hopes and joys have been added to that original feeling. If someone looking at this piece is passionately pursuing something, putting in effort, or refusing to give up, I hope they can feel my silent prayer for them – to keep moving forward.
LY

LY smiling standing in front of a greyscale painting

15 collaborations

LY 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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Reviews from Avant collectors

I was lucky enough to have been invited to see the creation of this piece of work back in June and met the fantastic Miwa so seeing this print now is just fantastic. The colours are every bit as vibrant as the original.
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