Wei Guangqing (* 1963 in Huangshi, Hubei, China) ist ein chinesischer Maler. Er wurde bekannt durch seine Serien Red Wall und Made in China.
Kunststil Wei Guangqing war einer der Hauptmitglieder des 85’s New Wave Art Movement. In den 1990er Jahren wurde er Mitglied der politisch orientierten Pop-Künstler. Seine Werke weisen eine flache und symbolische Komposition auf, die einen Verweis zur traditionellen Ethik und modernen Kultur darstellt. Red Wall ist ein symbolisches Werk, das anhand traditioneller Holzschnitz-Illustration und Geschichten auf alte Werte eingeht. Hierbei verweist Wei Guangqing durch den Gebrauch der visuellen Sprache von Comics auf den Gegensatz von Tradition und Moderne. Seine Farbpalette enthält starke Komplementärfarben. Der Künstler kreiert einen historisch-ethnischen Pop mit regionaler Bedeutung.
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) 2008 Old Scriptures, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai, China 2007 Zuo Tu You Shi, 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, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China 2002 Twenty-six evil spirit passes – the day of peace, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China 2000 The extended virtuous words – red wall series, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China 1998 A simulation experience on the suicide scheme about '1' performance art, Wuchang East Gate, Wuhan, China
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) 2007 Aired, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China 85&89-85 ART Mind and Post 89 Art, 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, ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, China Contemporary Cultural Venation-China Version-2007, Credit Beijing Contemporary Art Exhibition, Today Art Gallery, Beijing, 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, Moskau 2006 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 (Wanderausstellung) Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Schweiz 2005 Conspire, Beijing TS1 Contemporary Art Center 1st Exhibition, Beijing, China China – Contemporary Painting, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Bologna, Italien 2004 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 2003 The 3rd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, China National Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing, China 2002 Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art, The First Guangzhou Trienniale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China Chinart – Chinese Contemporary Art, Museum Küppersmühle Sammlung Grothe 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, Frankreich 2001 The 16th Asian International Art Exhibition, Guangdong Museum of Art, China Hotpot, Hustnernes Hus, Oslo, Norwegen As long as they catch mice…, Munkeruphus Gallery, Mumkerphus, Dänemark 2000 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, Niederlande Society – The 2nd Academic Exhibition, Chendu Upriver Gallery, Sichuan, China 1999 Fortune Global Forum Contemporary Art Exhibit, Jinmao Podium Bldg. Shanghai Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, Queens Museum of Art, New York,U.S.A. The 14th International Asian Art Exhibition, Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan 1998 Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin China! (Wanderausstellung) Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin Artist's House, Wien, Österreich Charlottenburg, Kopenhagen, Dänemark Zachęta Modern Art Mudrum, Warschau, Polen 1997 Talk to China, Kopenhagen, Dänemark Red & Grey - 8 Chinese Artists, Soobin, Singapur Quotation Marks – Chinese Contemporary Paintings, National Art Museum, Singapur 1996 Reality: Present& Future - '96 Chinese Contemporary Art, International Art Palace, Beijing, China 1995 New Asian Art Show: China, Korea, Japan (Wanderausstellung), Tokio & Fukuoka, Japan Gallery of Capital Normal University, Beijing Beyond Ideology: New Art from China, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Hamburg 1994 The 2nd Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum; National Art Museum of China, Beijing 1993 93 Chinese Oil Painting Biennale Exhibition, Beijing China's New Art, Post-1989, Hong Kong Arts Centre und City Hall, Hong Kong 1992 The First Guangzhou Art Biennial in China, Guangzhou International Conference And Exhibition Centre The First Bienniale Art Exhibition, Guangzhou 1991 The First Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition, Beijing 1990 I don't Want to Play Cards with Cezanne, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, USA 1989 China/Avant-garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Literatur Wei Guangqing, Made in China. International Publishing House for China's Culture: 2007. ISBN 978-0-9785095-6-9 Wuhan. 2008 Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition. Wuhan: 2008. Mahjong. Ostfildern: 2005. ISBN 978-3-7757-1613-0
Weblinks Wei Guangqing unter Pranger Oriental Art Gallery (englisch, niederländisch) Wei Guangqing unter ArtZineChina (englisch, chinesisch)
Kategorie:Maler (Volksrepublik China) Kategorie:Chinese Kategorie:Geboren 1963 Kategorie:Mann