![Installation View, ‘Zeng Fanzhi. In the Studio’, Hauser & Wirth London 2018](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0026/5374/9317/files/Hauser_wirth_London.jpg?v=1539694402)
This show is on at Hauser & Wirth in London between 2 October and 10 November.
![Installation View, ‘Zeng Fanzhi. In the Studio’, Hauser & Wirth London 2018](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0026/5374/9317/files/Hauser_Wirth_London_11.jpg?v=1539694500)
It is a standalone show but has partner exhibitions taking place in Hauser & Wirth's Zurich and Hong Kong venues.
The London show focuses on portraiture from the late 1980s to the present day.
![Dagmar Carnevale Lavezzoli with Lucian Freud by Zeng Fanzhi](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0026/5374/9317/files/zeng-fanzhi-in-the-studio-hauser-and-wirth-lucian-freud.jpg?v=1538995916)
Zeng Fanzhi blends the abstract and the figurative to create works that are both immediately enjoyable and that leave an ongoing emotion once you've left the exhibition.
![Installation View, ‘Zeng Fanzhi. In the Studio’, Hauser & Wirth London 2018](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0026/5374/9317/files/Hauser_Wirth_London_6.jpg?v=1539694691)
The artist has developed a unique palette and way of depicting the human face and hands which is extremely memorable.
“Painting provides me with a gateway to stay in contact with the world. What I feel, see, fear and think are all articulated through my paintings.”