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BUBBLE VISION

he art fair can be an overwhelming place. The pace is often too frenetic, the architecture too clinical, the camera flashes too frequent, and the crowd too mercenary to allow for proper contemplation of the works on view. ‘Everything is about buying, selling and consuming rapidly,’ says Jeppe Hein. The Berlin-based Danish artist has reasons to be sceptical about the format: following a burnout in 2009, when he was 35, he slowed down his life and shifted his practice to champion the virtues of mindfulness. Diverse though Hein’s output may be

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