Asia Now, Monnaie de Paris
Pao Hui Kao & Didi Ng Wing Yin, Duo Show, Pleats
Quai de Conti, 11 – 75006 Paris
19-24.10.2026
Opening : 19.10.2026 during Paris Art Week
Pleats explores the poetic and structural language of folding as a shared gesture across materials, cultures, and continents. At Asia Now, the exhibition brings into dialogue the works of Pao Hui Kao, a woman artist and designer from Taiwan based in Eindhoven, and Didi Ng Wing Yin, a Hong Kongese designer based in Helsinki. Both artists translate the act of pleating into their respective practices—paper for Pao Hui Kao and wood for Didi Ng Wing Yin—creating a conversation that bridges East and West through material, technique, and sensibility.
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Pao Hui Kao’s delicate original and Urushi Paper Pleats evoke lightness and ephemerality, where folds shape space and capture luminous moments.
In contrast, Didi Ng Wing Yin carves and splits wood into sculptural pleats, revealing the grain within and conveying strength, permanence, and architectural presence. Together, their works engage in a dialogue between fragility and solidity, surface and structure, tradition and innovation, resulting in a series of collectible vessels and furniture pieces that blur the boundaries between art, design, and cultural expression. Both have been finalists of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize, respectively in 2022 and 2025. Spazio Nobile has published Artist Books on them following their duo shows: 25 Seasons and The Nature of Wood.
