Xu Weiqiang, the initiator and planner of Deconstructionism Art, was born at the last day of 1966 in Laogui Mountain, Shilin county, Yunnan province, graduated from Yunnan Arts Institute and majored in normal education of fine arts department in 1988, and graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and studied in the seminar focusing on classical oil painting technique in 1997. Now he lives in Beijing/Yunnan.
Xu Weiqiang’s Solo Exhibition in 2007and 2009
Participated in dozens of exhibitionsat home and abroad since 1990
Works were published indozens of mainstream media since 1993
Member of specially invited editorial committee on World Art Album and World Artists Biography in 1998 (Hong Kong)
Expert Judge of CCTV-4 “National Graffiti Invitation Contest”in 2007
Main planner of the First Work Exhibition of Deconstructionism Art (Preview - Shanghai) in 2011
Works are collected in:
China(Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong), Germany, Holland, Sweden, France, Britain, Italy, Korea, Japan, United States, etc.
Xu Weiqiang and Memorabilia of Deconstructionism Art (outline)
Deconstructionism Art, as an art or art concept, has been being explored and researched by artist Xu Weiqiang since the early 1990s, and a number of artistic works have been completed till 2009, which adds high level of spirits and connotations to Deconstructionism Art.
He was awarded a prize of Excellence on “Young Artist Nomination Exhibition”launched by The Ministry of Culture of the PRC in 2008. His 11 works from Trilogy of Deconstructionism Art were selected into Stamp Collection of Chinese Contemporary Artists for the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of PRC in 2009. And in 2010, his concept monograph, Deconstructionism Art was first published 600 thousand globally in the form of e-book with The Special Press for Expo(one of Xu Weiqiang’s works ‘I LovE U’- Smiling Expo was printed in the front cover) in UN pavilion of Shanghai Expo.
On Nov. 12th, 2011, the opening ceremonyof the First Work Exhibition of Deconstructionism Art (Preview/Shanghai) was held in Shanghai Shenghetang art center. As the initiatorof DeconstructionismArt, Mr. Xu read out the declaration of Deconstructionism and announced the formal founding of Deconstructionism Art.
Moreover, Mr. Xu often participated in socially useful activities while doing his own work.
展覽
個展
2009 徐微強與解構主義藝術(解構藝術廳/上海)
2007 四+ 20 之解構 —— 徐微強藝術展(上海明圓美術館)
捲起來! —— “ I LovE U ”與材料(解構藝術廳/上海&北京當代藝術資料庫)
2006 A+B,解構了的器物——徐微強藝術展(上海蓮花畫坊)
群展
2012 04月“龍騰盛世”2012當代中國書畫名家作品邀請展(中國后街美術館-北京)
2011 10月【I LovE U】黑白二重解構及其解構行為出展於“天待自然第四屆生命藝術現象學術邀請展”
"Destruction" is a fearless artistic attitude.——Sun Liang
解構主義藝術的精神核心是構築人的理念。其基本概念如下(摘自《關於解構與解構藝術》徐微強/文)
The soul of Deconstructionism Art is the concept construction of human beings and its basic ideal is as follows: (from ‘On Deconstruction and Deconstructionism Art’ written by Xu Weiqiang)