Mimi Chen Ting: Ties Unbound traces the artist’s shift from figurative painting to expressive abstraction between the 1990s and 2000s. Reflecting on her experiences as an immigrant and woman, Ting used looping cords and ribbon-like forms to evoke connection, obligation, and the desire for freedom. Early works depict bodies under tension, while later paintings transform these ideas into drifting, colorful lines that map life’s entanglements and the pull between constraint and independence.
