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Up close, the walls of Tobias Rehberger’s Art Basel installation look like a beautiful splash of colour – it’s no denying that this is partly true. But as you take a few steps back, or view the work through the second eyes of our generation (a smartphone camera), it becomes very clear that the small squares of colour come together to form a pixelated rendition of early Japanese erotic art, particularly pointed toward ukiyo – the woodblock prints depicting “The Floating World”, scenes of theatre, entertainment and prostitution in the Japanese Edo period, from 1600 until the late 1800s.

Originally created for a space at The Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland, the installation ‘1661-1910 from Nagasaki, Meiji, Setti’ also integrates plants in vases, ashtrays and seating, making the installation a tangible piece of work instead of something to be admired from afar.

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