Tang Kwong San's Specimen I (2025) is included in Para Site's Annual Benefit Auction.
The 2025 Para Site Benefit Auction is now live at www.ps2025auction.com. All proceeds will go directly towards keeping Para Site's ambitious, artist-centric exhibitions and programs.
Opening Reception: 6 November 2025, 6–8pm
Auction Preview Dates: 6–20 November 2025
Location: 9/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central
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Specimen I, 2025
Oil on Canvas
41.5 x 61.3 cm
The moth has been a recurring motif in Tang’s oeuvre. While generally associated with change, death, and rebirth, in Chinese tradition, it is believed moths embodied the spirits of departed loved ones. As such, Tang employs the moth as a memorialization of the passing of his mother, tenderly encapsulating the artist’s personal attachment for his loved ones.
In Tang's newest body of work, the moth has taken a new layer of meaning. Departing from his personal mourning, the moth begins to symbolize Tang’s artistic transformation. A moth that is pinned and contained in Tang’s personally designed frame conveys the artist’s grasp for change and rebirth, and his control over his own metamorphosis. Specimen I thus transcends memorialization, and articulates Tang’s evolving artistic practice as he embraces new chapters in his career.
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