Japanese artist and breakdancer Taku Obata has worked with London creative studio Avant Arte on a new sculptural edition entitled B BOY SEIDOU.
Obata’s latest release distills his two passions in life into a weighty bronze artwork depicting a breaker in mid dance, as he wears an oversized hat and eyes beaming toward the viewer with his limbs outstretched. The sculpture, much like Obata’s two practices, centers around the human body as an instrument for movement. The artist first started to conflate these two worlds several decades ago, stating that he was “convinced that there wasn’t anyone else in the world who was inspired to carve a B-Boy wood sculpture,” prompting him to “push the boundaries by doing carving instead of the modeling I am used to.”
In B BOY SEIDOU, Obata cast his usual chiseled wooden sculptures in bronze and finished the work in a sleek matte black paint. For the collectors looking to purchase, B BOY SEIDOU measures 10.6 x 8.2 x 7.8 inches and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Limited to an edition of 25, the sculpture will be available to purchase for $6,815 USD via a raffle that closes on Tuesday, October 1 at 9am ET.
