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Shrouded in fabric, the mystery of boxes lay beneath those covers. The audience is left to value the pieces on their own accord, and if they venture beneath the resin coated sheets, what they will find is mostly detritus. The interaction of the audience and the piece brings a dialogue on the process of valuing the material and its effects on the person appraising them. Stacked up like a totem pole, the built figure symbolizes the tendency of viewer to conflate possession and the estimate of value. Provenance: Property from an Important Asian Collection Literature: WASAK! Filipino Art Today (Distanz, December 2015) pp. 156 17 Questions for Filipino Artist José Santos III (BlouinArtInfo, 2014) Hide and seek: Filipino artist José Santos III illuminates the ordinary – in pictures (Art Radar, 2014) Emily Nathan, Ambiguity and Contradiction in New Relief Works by José Santos III (ARTSY EDITORIAL, 2014) Exhibitions: Pearl Lam Galleries, Singapore