Zhang Enli
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Zhang Enli ( b. 1965 Jilin Province, China ) is an artist living and working out of Shanghai. A graduate of the Arts & Design Institute of Wuxi Technical University, Wuxi, he is noted for his stark paintings of everyday objects, and his depictions of solitude.
[edit] Work
His paintings depict the familiar and overlooked, everyday objects connected through the artist’s immediate surroundings, often from unusual viewpoints or focusing on seemingly insignificant details.[1] He produces works that invite universal interpretation. He often works in series, such as his paintings that focus on the idea of the container—cardboard boxes, ashtrays, tin chests and lavatories.[2] Other works depict functional municipal structures that populate the streets of Shanghai, such as public toilets and tiled outdoor water features.
His work was included in group exhibitions such as "Infinite Painting and Global Realism", curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, at Villa Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Udine (2006), "Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art from China’, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2005) and "Human, Too Human" at BizArt, Shanghai ( 2004 ). Zhang Enli gained attention at Art Basel, 2006, when he was one of the most successful of the contemporary Chinese artists whose work was on sale.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Bonami, Francesco; Canarutto, Sarah Consulich (2006). "Infinite Painting - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism". Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ Pollock, Lindsay; Boroff, Philip (March 10, 2006). Kravis and Schwab Join Art-Starved Collectors at Armory Show. Bloomberg. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Art sales: cash flows for young blood", The Telegraph, June 20, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
