"7 Easy Pieces"

I really have no idea what this piece is about or who the artist is - evidently, this was at one point on display at MAMCO Geneva, one of my favorite art museums (sortof like if a really artsy urban high school just relented and became a museum). It's very playful/exuberant, and probably took about 5 minutes to make.

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