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Zhang Enli Hauser & Wirth 29 May–22 August 2026 Hong Kong
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Zhang Enli has used painting to document the more prosaic aspects of contemporary life—everyday objects, interiors and individuals—since his arrival on the Shanghai art scene in the 1990s. This May, we’re pleased to present a new series of his abstract portraits in the artist’s debut solo exhibition on the West Coast. While anchored in figuration and paired with descriptive titles, the works convey the essence of their subjects via evocation. Drawing on both Eastern and Western traditions, Zhang pushes toward a looser visual language in order to reveal abstraction’s power to communicate the human condition.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue surveying Zhang’s artistic evolution over the past two decades, with an essay by curator Sook-Kyung Lee.

Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.

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Exhibition view: Zhang Enli, Zhang Enli, Hauser & Wirth (29 May–22 August 2026). Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
Exhibition view: Zhang Enli, Zhang Enli, Hauser & Wirth (29 May–22 August 2026). Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
Exhibition view: Zhang Enli, Zhang Enli, Hauser & Wirth (29 May–22 August 2026). Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
Exhibition view: Zhang Enli, Zhang Enli, Hauser & Wirth (29 May–22 August 2026). Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
Exhibition view: Zhang Enli, Zhang Enli, Hauser & Wirth (29 May–22 August 2026). Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
About the Artist

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 often magnifies his subjects until a specific fragment of a scene is depicted, as if enlarged through the viewfinder of a camera. This technique is especially present in recent abstract works such as The Garden (2017).

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About the Gallery

Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and Vice President Marc Payot. A family business with a global outlook, Hauser & Wirth has expanded over the past 26 years to include outposts in Hong Kong, London, New York, Los Angeles, Somerset and Gstaad. The gallery represents over 70 artists and estates who have been instrumental in shaping its identity over the past quarter century, and who are the inspiration for Hauser & Wirth’s diverse range of activities that engage with art, education, conservation and sustainability.

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Hong Kong Ground FLoor, 8 Queen's Road
Hauser Wirth contemporary art gallery in Hong Kong
Hauser & Wirth
Ground FLoor, 8 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Opening hours
Tuesday–Saturday: 11 am–7 pm
Sunday & Monday: Closed
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