Boers-li gallery are proud to announce the solo exhibition, “Zhang Wei: The Abstract Paintings 1979 - 2011”. The show traces Zhang Wei’s artistic path from his early "underground" years as a painter during the Cultural Revolution, towards the period of the late seventies and eighties in which he contributed to the Chinese art history with an abundant series of abstract paintings, to evolve into a survey of recent new works.  Throughout these years, Zhang Wei’s work reveals an exceptionally inspired visual artist whose paintings have survived by remaining strong and convincingly contemporary.
 
"Zhang Wei – The Abstract Paintings 1979 - 2011", shows for the first time, the ground breaking moment at which abstract art appeared in China's contemporary art history. Visually organised to include the context of his artist friends, studio and archival documentation, it is not difficult to see here that the Chinese avant-garde indeed was already in full swing before the '85 Movement even began.
 
Zhang Wei lives in Beijing