Wei Guangqing

Guangqing Wei (* 1963 in Huangshi, Hubei, China) is a Chinese painter. He was known for his series Red Wall and Made in China.

Art style

Wei Guangqing was one of the main members of the 85 's New Wave Art Momement. In the 1990s he became a member of the politically oriented pop artist. His works have a flat and symbolic composition, which is a reference to the traditional ethics and modern culture. Red Wall is a symbolic work that addresses old values ​​using traditional woodcarving illustration and stories. Here Wei Guangqing points through the use of visual language of comics on the contrast between tradition and modernity. His color palette contains strong complementary colors. The artist creates a historical- ethnic pop with regional significance.

Solo exhibitions (selection )

  • 2008 Old Scriptures, ShanghART H -Space, Shanghai, China
  • 2007 Zuo Tu Shi You, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
  • 2005 Made in China - the painting of Wei Guangqing, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
  • 2004 Chinese Classics: three - word rhymes, Shang Hart Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2002 Twenty -six evil spirit passes - the day of peace, Shang Hart Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 2000 The extended virtuous words - red wall series, Shang Hart Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 1998 A simulation experience on the scheme about suicide '1 ' performance art, Wuchang East Gate, Wuhan, China

Group exhibitions ( selection)

  • 2007 Aired, Shang Hart Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • 85 & 89-85 ART Mind and post 89 way Expol -Sources Art Space, Beijing, China
  • 85 New Wave - The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
  • Forms of Concepts: The Reform of Concepts of Chinese Contemporary Art 1987-2007 - The New Generation and Bad Art, 2007 Wuhan 2nd Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts, Wuhan, China
  • Individual Positions 1, Shang Hart Gallery, Shanghai, China
  • Wuhan! Wuhan! Wuhan Contemporary Art Exhibition 2007, Nanjing, China
  • Resonance 2007 Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art, Shijiazhuang, China
  • What's Next? Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall
  • Chinese Contemporary Soart, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  • Limitation and Freedom - Spring Market, Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Wuhan, China
  • New China, Pablo 's Birthday Gallery, New York, USA
  • Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection ( traveling exhibition ) Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  • 2005 Conspire, Beijing TS1 Contemporary Art Center 1st Exhibition, Beijing, China
  • China - Contemporary Painting, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Bologna, Italy
  • The 1st Wu Han Nominative Exhibition of Fine Arts Literature, Art Gallery of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, China
  • Beyond Boundaries, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China
  • The 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
  • Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art, The First Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
  • Chinart - Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum Küppersmühle Grothe Collection
  • The 17th Asian International Art Exhibition, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
  • A Point in Time, Meilun Art Museum, Changsha, China
  • Conceptual Images - 2002 Chinese Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition, Shenzhen Art Museum, Guangdong, China
  • Paris - Pekin, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
  • The 16th Asian International Art Exhibition, Guangdong Museum of Art, China
  • Hotpot, Hustnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
  • As long As They catch mice ..., Munkeruphus Gallery, Mumkerphus, Denmark
  • Global Conceptualism - Points of Origin, 1950s - 1980s, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, USA
  • Global Conceptualism, Miami Art Museum, U.S.A.
  • Chinese Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Breda 's Museum, Breda, The Netherlands
  • Society - The 2nd Academic Exhibition, Upriver Gallery Chendu, Sichuan, China
  • Fortune Global Forum Contemporary Art Exhibit, Jinmao Podium Bldg Shanghai
  • Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s - 1980s, Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
  • The 14th International Asian Art Exhibition, Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, House of World Cultures, Berlin
  • China! ( Traveling exhibition )
  • House of World Cultures, Berlin
  • Artist 's House, Vienna, Austria
  • Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Zacheta Modern Art Mudrum, Warsaw, Poland
  • Talk to China, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Red & Grey - 8 Chinese Artists, Soobin, Singapore
  • Quotation Marks - Chinese Contemporary Paintings, National Art Museum, Singapore
  • Reality: Present & Future - '96 Chinese Contemporary Art, International Art Palace, Beijing, China
  • New Asian Art Show: China, Korea, Japan ( traveling exhibition ), Tokyo & Fukuoka, Japan
  • Gallery of Capital Normal University, Beijing
  • Beyond Ideology: New Art from China, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Hamburg
  • The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum; National Art Museum of China, Beijing
  • 93 Chinese Oil Painting Biennial Exhibition, Beijing
  • China 's New Art, Post- 1989 Hong Kong Arts Centre and City Hall, Hong Kong
  • The First Art Biennial in Guangzhou China, Guangzhou International Conference And Exhibition Centre
  • The First Biennial Art Exhibition, Guangzhou
  • The First Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing
  • China / Avant -garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
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