Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
‘Butterfly Nebula’ brooch.
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Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
Image Credit: Courtesy ‘Stilled Life’ jade brooch, carved in the form of a cicada which is a symbol for harvest, purity, and rebirth in Chinese culture.
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Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
Image Credit: Courtesy ‘Music on My Mind’ necklace is a metaphor for the visual poetry of music. The links between the gems–lapis lazuli and opal–are suggestive of the brain’s structure, with neurons communicating with one another.
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Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
Image Credit: Courtesy Another view of ‘Music on My Mind’.
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Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
Image Credit: Courtesy Close-up view of part of the ‘Om’ sculpture, made up of six titanium panels.
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Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
Image Credit: Courtesy Another view of ‘Om’.
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Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
Image Credit: Courtesy Chan is famous for inventing the “Wallace cut” a technique shown here, which gives off a 3D feel. Inspired by a multiple exposure he saw in a photography exhibition, Wallace Chan wondered whether the same could be achieved in a gemstone. After two and a half years of trial and error, he eventually debuted it in 1987.
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Wallace Chan Exhibits ‘Shapeshifter’ at Christie’s
Image Credit: Courtesy Wallace Chan