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 u Wenda (1955 Shanghai) is an internationally recognized artist and considered one of the pioneers of Chinese contemporary art. The British art historian Edward Lucie-Smith has called him "the most celebrated of a new generation of avant-garde artists who emerged from China in the very late 1980s and early 1990s." Gu was one of the leaders of the ’85 New Wave Art Movement in China. In the early to mid 1980s, he challenged the establishment and influenced an entire generation of artists in China with a series of provocative ink paintings that employed fake or pseudo Chinese characters. His early works were influenced by the “Big Character” posters of the Cultural Revolution. After he moved to the United States in 1987, he began creating large-scale installations using everything from human hair to human placenta powders to create artistic objects and explore the issues surrounding multiculturalism and globalization. His “United Nations” project was created with blocks, curtains and characters constructed from human hair he collected from around the world. From ink paintings to his massive Forest of Stone Steles inscribed with Tang Dynasty poetry, Gu Wenda has established himself as a powerful commentator on the cultural and linguistic barriers that continue to exist in a globalized era. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Shanghai. |
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Silence Generates Spirit, 1986, installation
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Forest of Stone Steles, Retranslation & Rewriting of Tang Poetry
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Solo Exhibitions:
2007
Wenda Gu: Forest of Stone Steles,Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York
2004
“forest of stone steles - retranslation & rewriting tang poetry,” hong kong performing arts center, asia cultural co-operation forum, hong kong, china
“wenda gu: middle kingdom to biological millennium,” institute of contemporary art at maine college of art, usa
“Wenda Gu: Art from Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium,” art museum, bates college, maine, usa
“wenda gu’s wedding life #6,” an art performance, art museum, bates college, maine, usa
“wenda gu’s phrase neon project ‘fu lai jia mo’,” salvatore ferragamo, 5th ave, new york, usa
2003
“wenda gu: from middle kingdom to biological millennium,” university of north texas, usa
“wenda gu: from middle kingdom to biological millennium,” kansas art institute, kansas city, usa
2001
“translation & intersection - wenda gu’s new installations”, national gallery of australia, canberra, australia
“tug of war”, an art performance, national gallery of australia, canberra, australia
“wenda gu’s wedding life - germany”, an art performance, the house of world cultures, berlin, germany
“wenda gu’s selected works”, hanart gallery, hong kong, china
“ink alchemy #3”, sherman galleries, sydney, australia
“ink alchemy #1”, enrico navarra gallery, paris, france
2000
“united nations-great wall of the millennium”, art center, new york state university, buffalo, usa
“wenda gu’s wedding life - japan”, an art performance, utsunomiya museum of art, japan
“wenda gu’s wedding life - hong kong”, an art performance, hong kong museum of art, hong kong, china
1999
“united nations-babel of the millennium”, san francisco museum of modern art, usa
“wenda gu’s wedding life - america”, an art performance, asian art museum of san francisco, usa
1998
“united nations-vancouver monument: the metamorphosis”, morris and helen belkin art gallery, the university of british columbia, vancouver, canada
“confucius diary”, an art performance, downtown vancouver, canada
1997
“united nations-hong kong monument: the historical clash”, made for hong kong handover 1997, hanart gallery, hong kong
“united nations-taiwan monument: the mythos of lost dynasties”, hanart gallery, taipei, taiwan
“blackness”, a solo art performance, hanart gallery, taipei, taiwan
1996
“united nations-usa monument #2: dreamerica”, steinbaum krauss gallery, new york city, usa
“united nations-britain monument: the maze”, angel row gallery, nottingham, camerawork, london, england
“the mythos of lost dynasties”, binet gallery, tel-aviv, israel
1995
“enigma beyond joy & sin”, alternative museum, new york city, usa
“united nations-usa monument #1: post-cmoellotniinaglpiostm”, space untitled gallery, new york city, usa
“the enigma of blood”, in khan gallery, new york city, usa
1994
“enigma beyond joy & sin”, main gallery, the university of rhode island, usa
“united nations-italy monument: god & children”, enrico gariboldi arte contemporanea, milan, italy
“enigma beyond joy & sin”, berlin shafire gallery, new york city, usa
1993
“the mythos of lost dynasties”, hanart gallery, hong kong
1992
enrico gariboldi arte contemporanea, milan, italy
wallace anderson gallery, bridgewater state university, usa
1990
“two thousand national deaths”, hatley martin gallery, san francisco, usa
“red black white desert”, university art museum, california state university, long beach & los angeles festival 1990
dp fong gallery, san jose, usa
1987
university art gallery, york university, toronto, canada
yangtze art gallery, toronto, canada
1986
artist gallery, xian, china |
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