Hsuan-Wei Chen Why can’t we wear a painting? Why can we see paintings only on the wall of a museum or gallery? I have always been fascinated by the great painters and my interest and inspiration derives from my admiration for the material qualities of their incredible paintings. Drawing on my own experiences, I compose abstract three-dimensional forms by combining paint on canvas with other painted features and so create new contemporary jewellery and wearable art. Initially, I work with a specific intention, but I try to keep myself open to intuitive discoveries and surprises. Works are complete and alive when there is a balance between the deliberate and the uncertain. By using buttonholes as fittings I release the work from the oppressive constraints of being conventional paintings and by placing the work on the body I then allow for the body to become a work of art.
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