Zheng Zhou at Kiang Malingue
Zheng Zhou /Seeking Traces /Mar 24 – May 23, 2025 /Opening: Monday, Mar 23, 6pm – 8pm / Kiang Malingue 10 Sik On StreetWan Chai, Hong KongTuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm +852 2810 0317 kiangmalingue.com Kiang Malingue is pleased to present at its Hong Kong space Seeking Traces, an exhibition of recent paintings by Zheng Zhou. Zheng Zhou’s 2024 exhibition Spanish Grilled Fish at Kiang Malingue’s Hong Kong space continued the artist’s fascination with multifaceted, uncanny characters: his figures appear blurred, often rendered as simplified silhouettes, while layers of colour, decidedly saturated or subtly muted, weave these ethereal characters into profoundly alluring, vibrant environments. The current exhibition showcases the artist’s radical shift towards abstraction in recent years: rectangular colour blocks emerge irregularly as a recurring motif across multiple works, charting elementary chromatic networks through vibrant or deep hues like titanium white, scarlet, violet, and cobalt blue. In this new series, the mystifying narratives found in Zheng Zhou’s previous works give way to unrestrained rhythms: sweeping colour blocks cover the canvas like billowing brocade, producing a visual experience that is intricately layered and …


