Zhang Enli

Intangible 无形

12 October - 23 December 2016

Zürich

Hauser & Wirth Zürich is delighted to showcase a new series of paintings by Zhang Enli. The oil on canvas works take inspiration from the artist’s abstract Space Paintings, marking a significant departure from the figurative renderings of utilitarian objects and nature, for which he is best known. In the Space Paintings Zhang Enli covers the walls, ceilings and floors of a room with expressive marks and delicate washes of colour, to create visceral, atmospheric environments. For the new body of work Zhang Enli has advanced this uninhibited, intuitive approach; he has developed a looser abstract language of gesture and movement whilst maintaining a deeply personal and contemplative approach to his subject matter. Realised in a palette of soft blues, greens and browns, the paintings encourage both a visual and experiential engagement with the artist’s sensitive perception of his surroundings, demonstrating a ceaseless, intense scrutiny of ways of seeing.

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About the Artist

Zhang Enli

Using the outside world as a mirror, Zhang Enli documents the more prosaic aspects of contemporary life. He regularly works with everyday objects that he is instinctively drawn to, for example a piece of string, a hose, or even a marble ball from the floor of his studio. Zhang Enli...

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