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    ZHANG ENLI AT HAUSER & WIRTH GALLERY

    Zhang Enli emerged onto the art scene in the 1990s when he was most associated with symbolic, figurative paintings. Following this, he embarked on a series of quotidian objects treated sensitively and beautifully – whether containers, wires or hoses – these were imbued with their own personal stories, expressive of people in the associated utilities and desires they represented. From here the artist’s gaze turned to the outside world, urban dwellings and nature, blurring the boundaries between inside and out, as he painted trees and skies in varied colours, playing with weight, transparency and texture. Zhang Enli created in the…

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    ANISH KAPOOR AT PALAZZO MANFRIN, VENICE

    Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures in form and feats of engineering, Kapoor manoeuvres between vastly different scales, across numerous series of work. Immense…

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    JANAINA TSCHÄPE – CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SEA

    Richly painted using large scale oil sticks in addition to the water-based pigments she previously employed, it marks a fresh direction in Tschäpe’s oeuvre. This material shift allows the artist to “draw” as one would with a pencil or pastel,…

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    JOSE DAVILA – THE SIMPLE ACT OF POSITIONING

    With “The simple act of positioning” Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, presents a selection of new works by Jose Dávila. The artist continues his sustained investigation into one of sculpture’s most elemental gestures: the fundamental act of placing one thing in relation…

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    ROSE WYLIE AT DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY PARIS

    Now on view at David Zwirner Gallery, Paris, is a refreshing selection of new and recent canvases, multipanel works, and works on paper by British artist Rose Wylie. Rose Wylie. Wylie finds inspiration for her visually compelling paintings through her…

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    ALBERT OEHLEN – BREAKING THE RULES OF PAINTING23

    Albert Oehlen uses abstract, figurative, and collaged elements—often applying self-imposed formal constraints—to disrupt the histories and conventions of modern painting while acknowledging the continuing significance of classical art. Approaching his practice as a perceptual challenge, he moves freely between planned…