LY

LUV Somewhere New

€2,300

Edition of 3075.0 (H) × 60.0 (W) cm

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Soft pink silkscreen prints signal new possibilities in the world of LUV.

Earlier this year at her Living with LUV show in London, LY debuted a single artwork unlike anything she had painted before. In a room full of greyscale, warm pink hues brought new life to her amorphous wandering muse.

The change was inspired in part by the artist’s daughter, and the colourful perspective she has introduced to family life in Tokyo. “Since becoming a mother, everyday is a surprise and a new discovery.”

Printmakers identified and replicated each carefully-chosen shade to create a 21 colour silkscreen, printed in 42 layers at Make-Ready in London.

Framing

Prints can be ordered float-mounted in one of three bespoke framing options – all wooden, painted in matte black, matte white or matte pink and fitted with UV or Optium plexiglas.

Medium

21 colour silkscreen printed in 42 layers on 410gsm Somerset Radiant White paper.

Authentication

Individually signed, dated and numbered in front lower right corner.

Certificate of Authenticity

Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.

Release date

December 12, 2023

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Revisit the pop-up in London where LY debuted her first pink painting
Living with LUV

Behind the scenes

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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