Jes Fan’s interdisciplinary practice explores the intersection of biology and identity, incorporating living matter, as well as the invisible substances that shape how we experience the world like melanin, and hormones, into their sculptures. Originally trained in glassmaking, Fan combines hand-blown cellular glass forms with casts made from sections of human bodies, cast in aqua resin and bearing uncanny flesh-like tones. Removed from the context of the figure, these forms take on abstract qualities, repeated and distorted across architectural armatures, suggesting an experience of the body that is increasingly intertwined with, and mediated by technology.

Glenn Adamson is a curator, writer and historian based in New York and London. The author most recently of A Century of Tomorrows (Bloomsbury, 2024), he is currently Curator at Large for the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, Artistic Director for Design Doha - a biennial festival in Qatar - and editor of Material Intelligence, a quarterly online journal published by the Chipstone Foundation. Current curatorial projects include Hella Jongerius: Whispering Things for the Vitra Design Museum and Keith Haring in 3D for the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.