Parallel Space is pleased to present HOTPINK, a duo exhibition showcasing over twenty recent works by two female artists, Judy Gee and Ling-Li Tseng. Through a presentation of painting, sculpture and installation, Gee and Tseng collectively explore the fragile human condition and the uncontrollable nature of its evolution. 

An award-winning architectural designer based in Taiwan; Ling-Li Tseng started creating the wall-mounted sculpture series Seasons of Lupus in 2016. Composed of colorful self-expanding foam and layers of hand-dyed Spandex nest regulating the foam’s movement, the body of work offers subtle gradations of colors and reflectivity. Neatly arranged in oval and rectangular shapes, the pieces also remind the viewer of tribal ritual masks or miniature landscapes, sequentially leaving us in an awed fascination with the world of wonder, myth, and irregular energies. Tseng’s creations, whose material is drawn from a multitude of architectural traditions, have an explicit relationship to the body, exploring how the perceptual individual experiences are shaped by societal, economic, and geographical structures that are particular to a certain time. However, Tseng’s virtuosic approach is more than an extension of her professional achievement. It is a complete submission into her internal experience and an ordered expression of objects and space.

With an intentionally naïve quality, Temptation (2018 - ) and Addiction (2022 - ) series by Taiwanese-American artist Judy Gee stand one meter tall and one meter wide each—audaciously scaled for her voluptuous subject matter in sweet everydayness. Inspired by her time in Shanghai, Judy began depicting simple everyday indulgences but quickly dived into blunt seduction—power, wealth, and violence. With meticulous brushwork and vivid color palette, the artist presents hyper-realistic sweet treats with the magnificent glaze and darker sprinkles—sometimes your normal confetti, sometimes golden bullets. Confronted by the giant donuts perhaps looked at first luminous and plain as day, the viewer, on a closer investigation, awakens to the sheer density brought out by the pictures, of the myopic obsessions and the long-runningaddictions Gee—while making sense of her own desires and bicultural identity—conducts a sharp interrogation on addictive behaviors and investigates the mastery of willpower.

HOTPINK’s month-long program will feature private and public art tours, and one print and object signing event led by the artists. The exhibition is in collaboration with WANGSIM.

Gallery address: Shop 202, Tai Nan Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon