Emerging artist Hiraki Sawa's enchanting and whimsical videos are the equivalent of digital trompe-oeil-toy planes fly from room to room, household objects sprout legs, and miniature animals gallop across countertops.

Michael Fried on Hiroshi Sugimoto

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