The gallery Hauser & Wirth has now a show with works by Zhang Enli, who lives and works in Shanghai: "The Garden" (548 W 22nd Street New York through 7 Apr 2018 hauserwirth). The artist focuses on the familiar and often overlooked everyday objects and environments he encounters on a daily basis, viewed from a unique perspective (wikipedia). The curators explain: "For the paintings on view in ‘The Garden,’ Zhang Enli has drawn inspiration from the gardens that populate the industrialized cityscape of Shanghai, articulating his impressions of their organic forms through expansive, immersive paintings that envelop viewers in an uncanny sense of recognition" (exhibitions). Anyway, the large paintings are awesome.
I also enjoy the color composition in the painting above, it looks like a glance into a tropical jungle.
The green painting is called "The Parrot's Wings" (2017, Oil on canvas, 200 x 180 cm / 78 3/4 x 70 7/8 in)
Above "Grey Parrot" (2017, Oil on canvas, 250 x 200 cm / 98 3/8 x 78 3/4 in).
Stay tuned.
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