Shanghai-based artist Zhang Enli in his studio examining the new series of paintings that will go on view at Fortnum’s in September. © Zhang Enli. Courtesy of the artist, Hauser  Wirth and ShanghART Gallery. Photography: Jamie Edmunson, Frieze Studios

We are used to seeing eastern landscapes and cultures depicted by western painters, but in Zhang Enli’s beguiling works we see British terrains through the celebrated Chinese artist’s eyes. For a forthcoming exhibition at Fortnum - Mason, open in store from 10 September as the fourth in the institution’s annual artist initiative, Enli travelled between London and Scotland.

我们习惯于看到西方画家所描绘的东方风景画和文化，但在张恩利的北国作品中，我们透过著名的中国艺术家的眼睛看到英国的地形。在Fortnum举行的展览

Inspired by both the urban and the rural, 18 new paintings translate the landscapes and atmosphere of the UK into expressionistic maps, tracing his journeys in watercolour. A series of 12 works of numbered, anonymous Destinations give aerial view of the British countryside, a perspective we’re increasingly used in a globally mobile world. While some resemble zoomed-out views as if from a plane, others become more minimal and abstract— Destination 10 a simple curving line, the artery of a waterway on against an ecru background.

18幅新画以城市和农村为灵感，将英国的景观和氛围转化为表现主义地图，追踪他在水彩画中的旅程。一系列12幅编号、匿名的目的地提供了英国乡村的航空视图，这是我们越来越多地在全球移动的世界中使用的视角。虽然有些类似于缩小视图，就像从平面上一样，另一些视图变得更小和抽象--目的地10是一条简单的弯曲线，即在Ecru背景上的水道的动脉。

Destination 10, 2019, by Zhang Enli, watercolour on paper

目的地10，2019，张恩利，水彩画纸

The swarthy greens, turquoise blues and dusky yellows present Britain in a different palette than native painters before Enli who have defined the way we see the country, the dominant greys and browns of Turner, Constable and Gainsborough. Pops of bright orange and yellow have more in common with Hockney, a British painter but who showed us the British countryside as a foreigner might see it. Undulating waves of colour become more contemplative and abstract in others works: a series of five Profiles look almost like microbiological sketches, swirls and swashes around organic shapes. In two works, figures suddenly appear – the artist, looking out.

黝黑的绿色、青绿色的蓝色和昏暗的黄色代表着英国不同于恩利之前的本土画家的调色板，他们定义了我们对国家的看法，特纳、警官和盖恩斯伯勒的主要灰色和棕色。明亮的橙色和黄色的POP与英国画家霍克尼(Hockney)有更多的共同之处，但他向我们展示了英国乡村，外国人可能会看到。在其他作品中，波浪起伏的色彩变得更加深思和抽象：一系列的五个剖面看起来几乎像微生物学的草图，漩涡和在有机形状周围的漩涡。在两部作品中，人物突然出现-艺术家，向外张望。

‘My deepest impression of London is its diversity,’ Zhang recalls over email. The artist also spend extended periods of time in the Highlands. Earlier this year he presented a new installation on walls and ceilings of The Drawing Room at the Fife Arms (the hotel owned by Enli’s gallerists Iwan and Manuela Wirth). Titled Ancient Quartz, the work is a topographical vision, referencing cross sections of Scottish agates. ‘My experience in Scotland always reminds me of a moment in history,’ Enli reflects on the time he spent there.

张在电子邮件中回忆道：“我对伦敦最深刻的印象是它的多样性。”这位艺术家还在高地呆了很长一段时间。今年早些时候，他介绍了一个新的安装在客厅的墙壁和天花板上的法夫武器(酒店拥有恩利的画廊，伊万和宏利威尔斯)。名为“古石英石”的作品是一幅地形图，指的是苏格兰玛瑙的横截面。“我在苏格兰的经历总是让我想起历史上的某个时刻，”恩利回忆起他在那里度过的时光。

Having visited the UK more than a dozen times since his first trip in 2009, Enli looks at British culture with endless curiosity and even romanticism – something many locals, in the current political climate, might have lost. It’s this dialogue with the structures of Britain – it’s nature, history and environment – that makes Enli’s work such a unique encounter. ‘The most memorable thing was when I was in the Royal Academy exhibition last year. I truly realised the definition and protection of cultural relics within British culture, which I think we all need to learn.’ A series of works on paper by Enli will also feature at Fortnum’s first flagship store abroad, set to open within the K11 Musea development in Hong Kong. §

自2009年第一次访问英国以来，恩莉访问英国的次数超过十几次，Enli以无限的好奇甚至浪漫的方式来审视英国文化--在目前的政治环境中，许多当地人可能已经失去了。正是这种与英国结构的对话--它的性质、历史和环境--使Enli的工作变得如此独特。“最令人难忘的事情是我去年参加皇家学院展览的时候。我真正意识到了英国文化中文物的定义和保护，我认为我们都需要学习。Enli在纸上的一系列作品也将在Fortnum的第一个海外旗舰店展出，将在香港K11Musea开发中开放。第§条

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