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Popped by Takashi Murakami’s<\/a> solo exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles, titled “Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme\u2019s Genesis<\/a>.” I took plenty of photos but only wrote one line of thought in my Notes app:<\/p>\n

Heaven is in the details, and looking back is how we move forward.<\/em><\/p>\n

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