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just for laughs

Born in Japan and based in Los Angeles, artist Misaki Kawai is every bit as eccentric and funny as her work would have you believe. Her colourful imagination takes on many forms, including childlike drawings and paintings, papier-mâché installations and fluffy dog sculptures as tall as a house. Over the past two decades, Misaki’s exuberant works have been snapped up by serious collectors and graced many of the world’s biggest galleries – but her attitude remains as playful as

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