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Zhang Enli — Eating #4

Zhang Enli

Eating #4

2000

A solitary figure hunches over a meal in Zhang Enli's intimate and quietly unsettling composition, rendered with loose, expressive brushwork that captures the mundane yet deeply human act of eating. The muted, earthy palette and gestural application of oil paint give the scene a raw, unpolished quality, evoking both vulnerability and isolation. Enli transforms an everyday moment into a meditation on solitude and the private rituals of daily life.

Medium
oil on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

May 28, 2017

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Zhang Enli, Eating #4, 2000

A solitary figure hunches over a meal in Zhang Enli's intimate and quietly unsettling composition, rendered with loose, expressive brushwork that captures the mundane yet deeply human act of eating. The muted, earthy palette and gestural application of oil paint give the scene a raw, unpolished quality, evoking both vulnerability and isolation. Enli transforms an everyday moment into a meditation on solitude and the private rituals of daily life.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
2000
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

New Figuration, Figurative Painting, Muted Palette, Male Artist, Chinese Contemporary Art, Chinese Artist, Gestural Brushwork, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, Intimate Mood, 21st Century, Everyday Life, Domestic Scene, Intimate Scene, 2000s, Oil on Canvas, Social Realism

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