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Exhibitions
Basel Social Club
​2025

Rūtė Merk
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Ni Hao

Rittergasse 21–25
CH-4051 Basel
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Dates_ June 15–21, 2025
Duration_ 2pm–midnight
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Installation Views / Works / Press Release
Rūtė Merk, Euro News, 2025, oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm, 39 3/8 x 78 3/4 in.
Rūtė Merk
Euro News, 2025
Oil on canvas
100 x 200 cm
39 3/8 x 78 3/4 in

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Rūtė Merk, Euro Anatomy, 2025, oil on canvas, 140 x 90 cm, 55 1/8 x 35 3/8 in.
Rūtė Merk
Euro Anatomy, 2025
Oil on canvas
140 x 90 cm
55 1/8 x 35 3/8 in

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Ni Hao, My Melody, 2025
Ni Hao
My Melody, 2025
Worn cotton socks purchased from a female seller on a Taiwanese online foot fetish marketplace via Twitter, trilobite fossil (Redlichia sp., Early Cambrian, ~518 million years ago), steel stand, and a video monitor playing footage of the seller wearing and removing the socks in a public park
Sculpture: 33 x 28 x 33.5 cm (13 x 11 x 13 1/4 in)
Monitor: 22.5 x 36 cm (8 7/8 x 14 1/8 in)
Video: 2′20″


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Ni Hao, Lovers II (Yieldpoint), 2025
Ni Hao
Lovers II (Yieldpoint), 2025
Worn tie-dye Nike Dri-FIT crew polyester socks purchased from a gay couple on a Taiwanese online foot fetish marketplace via Twitter; steel, rust, resin; and a video monitor playing footage of the sellers wearing and removing the socks while interacting with each other at a gym
Sculpture: 45.2 x 70.2 x 37.7 cm (17 3/4 x 27 5/8 x 14 7/8 in)
Monitor: 22.5 x 36 cm (8 7/8 x 14 1/8 in)
Video: 2′24″

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Ni Hao, Elementary School Teacher (Recess), 2025
Ni Hao
Elementary School Teacher (Recess), 2025
Worn cotton socks purchased from a 23-year-old female seller on a Taiwanese online foot fetish marketplace via Twitter, epoxy resin, UV resin, PLA plastic, rubber, wood, fabric, and a video monitor playing footage of the seller wearing and removing the socks
Sculpture: 34 x 25.5 x 37.5 cm (13 3/8 x 10 x 14 3/4 in)
Monitor: 22.5 x 36 cm (8 7/8 x 14 1/8 in)
Video: 59″




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