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Yusuke Hanai, Japanese artist, on his unsmiling cartoon figures that have become a social media and art market hit, and feature in his Hong Kong show Facing the Current | South China
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Yusuke Hanai, Japanese artist, on his unsmiling cartoon figures that have become a social media and art market hit, and feature in his Hong Kong show Facing the Current | South China
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