Zhang Enli

A comprehensive study of internationally renowned Chinese painter Zhang Enli’s artistic evolution over the last two decades.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the artist’s work at Hauser & Wirth West Hollywood, this elegantly designed publication explores the last two decades of Zhang Enli’s celebrated practice, culminating in his most recent paintings. Since emerging as an artist in the 1990s, Zhang has combined Eastern and Western influences to create enchanting paintings inspired by ordinary objects and elements of everyday life. Beginning in the 1990s with the artist’s striking portraits of human figures, Zhang Enli traces the development of the artist’s work through the evocative object studies of the 2000s and early 2010s to the captivating abstract portraits that continue to occupy him today, including new paintings produced for the Los Angeles exhibition. An illuminating essay by curator Sook Kyung-Lee guides readers through Zhang’s artistic evolution, illustrated by a generous selection of artwork reproductions that showcase the extraordinary lyricism of the artist’s work.