Fortnum’s X Zhang Enli AW19
Beautiful exhibition at Fortnum and Mason’s of work by Chinese artists Zhang Enli. I always look forward to this annual show of work by contemporary artists shown around the shop and it is interesting to see what works and what doesn’t. Enli’s pictures work particularly well this year possibly because 19 of the 22 works shown were produced for this display. The works were abstract but were largely based on his travels in London and Scotland. A number of the works resembled the contours of a map and were painted on top of collaged newspapers from Shanghai. I wondered if this gave the idea of away yet at home to him. They’d have had a different feel if they had been on papers local to where he was travelling. My favourite were the ones which looked like islands. Closes 18 October 2019