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DiaporamaDivine Light Series No. 59, The Floating Incomplete Circle
1998
293.0 x 180.0 cm
zhang enli (? – ?)
Explore Zhang Enli's captivating paintings of everyday objects & urban Shanghai. Capturing quiet moments & universal themes, his series explore containers & cityscapes.
A leading figure of “experimental ink” since the 1990s, Zhang has sought to bridge disparate artistic traditions across time and culture through mining the potential of the ink medium in nonfigurative work. In this monumental piece from Zhang’s Divine Light series, a giant circle surrounded by a radiant halo is suspended in a dark “sky” spangled with starlike dots of uninked paper. In the darkness above the sphere, the artist has impressed a single small seal that reads “Shiyu bi” (Brush of Shiyu)—Shiyu, or “stone rain,” being Zhang’s sobriquet. Dwarfed by the scale of the sphere, the red seal nonetheless declares man’s presence within this vast firmament, an allusion to the artist as creator.
About this artwork
- Title: Divine Light Series No. 59, The Floating Incomplete Circle
- Artist: zhang enli
- Year: 1998
- Original dimensions: 293.0 x 180.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Color palette: Earthy
- Perceived brightness: shadow
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