CASE STUDYO "The Midas Touch"

Echoing the 2018 "Touch Of Mercury" Sculpture, Case Studyo and Hajime Sorayama are this time giving the middle finger, both figuratively and literally.   Text from the site gives this:

When Sorayama and Case Studyo collide, exquisite mastery is forged. With this edition the Japanese master revisits his 2018 collaboration  ‘A Touch Of Mercury’, using the most precious of metals to deliver a raw and powerful statement. ‘The Midas Touch’ not only explores the relationship between artist and audience, but also delves into the intimate and complicated relationship of creator and creation. The sculpture’s obscene gesture constitutes a small revolt and playfully touches on the fear of an inevitable clash between man and machine. Sorayama’s sexy robot seems to have turned against its creator and reminds us all that technology can be tantalizingly beautiful but also ruthlessly cold…
Such a cold finger
Beckoning you to enter its web of sin
But don’t go in…

The piece is 33cm. high, and is limited to 100 numbered editions, and comes in a custom made wood box with foil print, each edition is also signed by Hajime Sorayama himself.

Pricing is not available online, as Case Studyo must be contacted personally in order to purchase an edition, but people are bidding up to £3,500 for it in stockx.com, and the 2018 Touch If Mercury has been auctioned off for as high as £8,500.