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Art Basel in Basel 2026

ART BASEL IN BASEL 2026

Gallery Baton
Booth U49 18–21 June 2026
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At Art Basel 2026 Unlimited, Gallery Baton presents Tree, Forest, Mountain by Yuichi Hirako, a monumental sculptural installation of 304 hybrid figures densely clustered on a circular platform as though a fragment of forest has broken free. Shown at the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art in fall 2025, the work was acclaimed for reinterpreting the forest as a site of nature, mythology, collectivity, and anonymity through Japanese popular iconography.

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Yuichi Hirako’s practice deals with significant issues related to human and nature, environment and coexistence with his own styles full of metaphors and symbols through his authentic hybrid-figurations by encompassing paintings, sculptures, and installations. Hirako’s work reflects his connection to the perspective of Deep ecology, which views all organisms as one unified whole concept, and explores the prospect of artwork as a medium for manifesting an artist’s unique sentiments instead of simply displaying an aesthetic value.

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