Zhang Enli: Container

Using the outside world as a mirror, Shanghai-based painter Zhang Enli documents the more prosaic aspects of contemporary life in his work. In the paintings collected in 'Container', Zhang depicts the familiar, often overlooked everyday objects of his immediate surroundings, through them reflecting his experiences of contemporary China, from the provincial town of Jilin to the Shanghai megalopolis. Alongside numerous illustrations, an essay by art historian Philippe Pirotte illuminates and contextualizes Zhang’s work.