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Sculptural Intervention

Wallace Chan had a life-affirming epiphany during his six-month tenure as a monk, which he undertook while studying Buddhism and Buddhist art: he likes inhabiting undefinable spaces. “The ideal is being in between all things,” says the jewellery designer and artist, explaining his optimal state: that which can’t be defined singularly. “Having nothing defining my existence is the perfect state of existence.”

His artistic creations reflect this sentiment, resisting any precise definition. His jewellery pieces, put together by independent curator and writer James Putnam.

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