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 ei Guangqing (1963 Hubei) is a talented illustrator and painter who was at the forefront of Chinese contemporary art in the 1980s, appearing in the 1989 Avant-garde show at the National Gallery and in other exhibitions alongside artists like Wang Guangyi. Indeed, Wei and Wang Guangyi had quite similar styles in the 1980s. They mastered the use of pop art, graphic illustration and frozen portrayals of humanity. But Wang Guangyi took his pop art directly into political pop with depictions of Mao and Cultural Revolution figures. Wei, a one time performance artist, moved toward cartoon like illustrations of naked women, cars, pop heroes and symbols of change that looked more like magazine illustrations. But his range of works over time is varied and familar to those who have followed the evolution of political pop art in China. He lives and works in Wuhan, where he is dean of the school of animation at Hubei Institute of Arts. |
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Made in China No.7, Acrylic on Canvas, 120×300cm, 2007
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Made in China No.3, Acrylic on Canvas, 120×300cm, 2005
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Sun Tzu's Art of War, Acrylic on Canvas, 146×146cm, 2005
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Thirty-Six Stratagems, Acrylic on Canvas, 120×150cm, 2005
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Zhu Zi's Family Maxims, Acrylic on Canvas, 146×114cm, 2005
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Red Wall — Three Character Classic No.1, Oil on Canvas, 150×120cm, 2004
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Jin Ping Mei No.5, Acrylic on canvas, 120×150cm, 2004
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Twenty-six Evil Spirit Passes — The Day of Peace, Installation, 2002
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The E Era No.3, Oil on Canvas, 160×120cm, 2001
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Age of Materialism, Oil on Canvas, 200×185cm, 2000
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Leisure KTV, Oil on Canvas, 120×160cm, 1999
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Laptop No,2, Installation, 1998-2002
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The Distortion of Eroticism — Episode 38, Mixed media, 150×120cm, 1997
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Untitled No.2, Oil on Canvas, 180×160cm, 1994
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Red Background No.2, Oil on Canvas, 180×158cm, 1994
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Red Frame — A Three-Member Family, Mixed Media, 100×80cm, 1991
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A Simulation Experience on the Suicide Scheme about "1", Performance, 1988
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A Simulation Experience on the Suicide Scheme about "1", Performance, 1988
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Women, Doggy and Door, Mixed Media, 150×110cm, 1987
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Tower Base, Oil on Canvas, 120×180cm, 1985
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Culture in Xiangxi, Oil on Canvas, 110×50cm×4, 1985
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Counterpoint, Oil on Canvas, 120×85cm×2, 1985
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008
Old Scriptures-Wei Guangqing Solo Exhibition, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai
2007
Zuo Tu You Shi-Wei Guangqing's Art Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
2005
Made in China- the painting of Wei Guangqing, The art gallery of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan
2004
Chinese Classics: Three Word Rhymes-New Works by Wei Guangqing, ShanghART Gallery,Shanghai
2002
Twenty Six Evil Spirit Passes-The Day of Peace, ShanghART Gallery,Shanghai
2000
The Extended Virtuous Words-Red Wall Series, ShanghART Gallery,Shanghai
1988
Performance the Plan of Suicide Series, Wuchang East gate,Wuhan |
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