The documentary series “Others” from the “Моskva24” channel about Weld Queen
The documentary series “Others” from the “Моskva24” channel about Weld Queen with the host Nickolai Ryndin Watch a day in Queen’s life at the link.
Merry-go-round of corporeality
The merry-go-round is a favorite attraction from childhood, and it’s an attraction that lasts all our lives. It is a fast movement in a circle that is fun and meaningless, creating the illusion of activity and busyness. We sink into our “masks,” our “bodies,” moving down predetermined paths without making many decisions or selections yet…
Weld queen coins
The Weld Queen stands for a coin and a monetary unit of the Kingdom of Weld Queen, which has a variable exchange rate. The most stable fixture currency! The reliability of many currencies now raises questions, Weld Queen is an investment-friendly diversification of your savings. It is simply a win-win, ironclad option that is sure…
The eighth
Sculpture from the “Spiritual” series. A faceless angel emerging from the wall and inviting visitors to follow him. An interactive sculpture that invites us to reflect on the illusory nature of imagined or seeming “life scenes.” The eighth is an independent sculpture, continuing the idea line of the “Brothers” sculpture. 2050 х 800 х 1100…
The dreamer
“The Dreamer” art object resulted from the third season of the ArtArctic residency. The stainless steel sculpture is a curved ring balancing on a pedestal of untreated granite stone. The laconical and streamlined shape complements the features of the local landscape inviting you to unite with nature and immerse yourself in your thoughts. Imagine that…
Sun Drum
Sun Drum is the first sound public art object installed in the Arctic Circle, on a picturesque hillside in Murmansk. As a “walking” sun on the hill, it reflects the sunset. Yet, Sun Drum adds the enchanted metaphone sounds to the Murmansk port’s symphony. Metaphone is a metal musical instrument, unique in its kind and…
Sun circle
An art object, the result of the first season of the ArtArtika residence under the supervision of Weld Queen in the city of Monchegorsk, Murmansk region. 13 students from different cities of Russia and 8 experts from the Weld Queen’s team worked on the creation of the art object for a month. The project aims…
Таm-Таm
A sound public art, the result of Cashew’s art group work at the workshop led by Weld Queen and her team in 2020. The art group “Cashew” was 16 talented apprentices-Creators, who walked through the artist’s path from concept development to production, installation and opening of the art object for 1.5 months within the framework…
Phoenix
“The four-winged Phoenix came to me at the peak time of the pandemic, in the second half of April. I know for a fact that after any sunset there will be a dawn. He appeared as a symbol of rebirth and renewal, a sign of nature’s fierce yet protective nature,” recalled Weld Queen. The two…
Performance Sowers
“Sowers” is the first part of the performance-diptych devoted to the topic of physical and mental work. The world as we know it and we are today is the result of our actions in the past. Both personal development and global world processes imply a continuous energy exchange and require its participants the greater…
Blast off
This is a large-scale art object that will be performed at Burning Man 2023. The Weld Queen team successfully created the “Airfield for walking in the clouds” at Burning Man 2019, and the Blastoff is a follow-up of this project.A new object, Blast off, will be added to the already-created Airfield, breaking out of the…
Performative sculpture Nutrient medium
For centuries, the representation of a woman or a (nursing) mother served as an allegory for the origin of all living creatures, their material cause. Modern society is primarily focused on finding new energy sources, and the idea of “female” as an energy source is still deeply ingrained in the new information environment. Female attribution…
PurpleHaze Magazine about Weld Queen
Purple Haze Magazine, independent English-language magazine about art and fashion, interviewed Russian artist Weld Queen. How to combine arts and crafts, deal with artistic blocks and balance in the world where sexes do battle read at the link
Weld Queen entered the public art rating of young contemporary artists “I LIKE”
The open rating on young contemporary Russian artist “I like” represents contemporary artists under the age of 37 (in 2019 – since 1982 and younger), whose achievements are noted by a wide audience. Public art rating of popular artists was drawn from the results of an open compilation of the authors list and online voting which…
Presentation of the “Mother” sculpture in Zaryadye park
On July 29, in the Zaryadye park, there was a solemn presentation of the “Mother” sculpture. The work exposure will last in the park from July 29 to August 13. Also, as part of the opening, the artist held an artist talk with the audience in the hall of Nature Center where she spoke about…
Choice and polyethylene
While playing the game of hunting for suitable companions, we are balancing on the swing of our doubts. This game between the sexes takes place on a planet and stretches for millennia. While playing, a person often loses himself, forgets, and erases his personality. He alters his physical appearance and facial features in an effort…
Choice and Polyethylene. Personal exhibition of Weld Queen at Winzavod Contemporary Art Center
The opening of the exhibition “Choice and Polyethylene” took place on May 23 at 18:00 in the Fine Art Gallery at Winzavod. It represents uniform large-scale installation of kinetic sculptures of 12 characters on which I have been working for the last three years.This story is my reflection on the essence and the initial human…
Airfield for walking in the clouds
Weld Queen produced the 72 x 40 ft model of the imaginary airfield “Airfield for walking in the clouds,” which features 10 dream-liners called “Armchairs for walking in the clouds.“ The project is a large interactive installation where people can “break out” from the ground and get closer to their aspirations by swinging and sitting…
Performance Calm down!
In this performance, Weld Queen acts as an artist in general. She is the original product; after her, there is a long chain of those through whom her work passes before reaching the viewer or buyer. On all sides, they try to force the artist into some framework — to comb it, to standardize it,…
“СALM DOWN” performance presentation at Scope Art Show 2019 NY
“Calm down” performance was firstly shown by Weld Queen in the US, at the international fair of Contemporary Art – Scope Art Show 2019, held from 7 пto 10 March in NYC. In Russia this performance was presented a few month later at the international Auction of Contemporary Art “VLADEY” (Moscow).
Afishа Daily: the story of Alexandra Weld Queen
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“Limited monarchy” performance premiere
January 28, 2019 at the opening of the exhibition “Actual Russia. Adult choice” (All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Art) the premiere of the performance-installation “Limited Monarchy” was held. The performance time was 2 hours 33 minutes. The exhibition with the installation part presented is on til February 28, 2019.
Limited Monarchy performance
The artist calls this experience “Museumification of human shells”. For 2.5 hours, Weld Queen performed while remaining still as a museum exhibit next to her costume. The performer examines a “double separation” experience throughout this act. The task is to find “the true oneself” in the reality constructed by the positions — a social role,…
Self-portrait
The central character of the installation “Choice and Polyethylene”. The central static figure is a conditional self-portrait of every person. It reflects the observer’s position outside of bodily games, the position of one seeking value in himself. This position gives us an understanding of our place in the gender relationship network as well as teaches…
Life is adaptable. Microbe №3
(series of works) “Microbes are insignificant in comparison with the world of the person, but they exist. The only one thing is they have to exist further, they have to move, they have to reproduce. The most important is to find the optimal conditions of survival and to exist in them as long as possible.…
Guys
One of the characters of the installation “Choice and Polyethylene”. In the realities of the modern world, there are different models of the gender relationships. “Guys” is a reflection of one of the possible combinations of love games that exist in a modern society. The sculpture depicts a real couple perfectly representing the strong relationship…
Exhibition “The territory of the stars”; Weld Queen at the Fine Art Gallery
From January 22 to March 3, 2019 the Fine Art Gallery (Winzavod) there’s a group exhibition “the Territory of the Stars” with the participation of Weld Queen’s work “Elephant-burger” (2016).
Multipine
Multipine is a rare class of not-fir tree breed of the family of reinforcement-coniferous trees, breeded out by the artist in severe “climatic conditions” of the Post-Soviet subtaiga region. Due to the careful selective hybridization Multipine concentrated in itself all the necessary characteristics and inherited qualities of its New Year’s ancestor. The new look represents…
Twins
The characters of the installation “Choice and Polyethylene”. The work is inspired by two charming persons: models, artists and just marvelous girls and they are twins. This sculpture represents one of the stereotypical ideals of the love fantasy of the male half of humanity 1800 х 1100 х 1300 mm. Steel. Welding. Panting. 2019
MULTIPINE in the “MSU Botanic Garden”
A few days before the New Year, on December 29, in the framework of the ArsHortus project, the ceremonial opening of the NOT-fir tree “Multipine” by Alexandra Weld Queen took place in the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University “Pharmaceutical Garden”. Together with the artist, a solemn speech in honor of the opening of this…
Industrial “Christmas Tree” in the creative industrial cluster “Octava”, Tula
On December 2 and 15 in the creative industrial cluster “Octava” (Tula) took place the large-scale festive educational program of Weld Queen. On December 15, the industrial “Christmas Tree” was solemnly installed in the yard of the cluster under the guidance of the artist and her team. The visitors of “Octava” could watch the process…
RIA News: Interview with Weld Queen
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Life is adaptable. Microbe №2
(series of works) “Microbes are insignificant in comparison with the world of the person, but they exist. The only one thing is they have to exist further, they have to move, they have to reproduce. The most important is to find the optimal conditions of survival and to exist in them as long as possible.…
Weld Queen’s works are presented at Scope Art Show in Miami.
From December 4 to 9, 2018, the Scope International Art Show is held on the Miami Beach coast for the 18th time. Weld Queen’s works from the series “Life is adaptable” and “Avoski” as well as several performances presents at the fair in collaboration with the Art Cube Moscow team (the booth E-21)_. official event…
Moskovskij Komsomolets: the secret life of the most original artist in Moscow
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Moscow 24: Weld Queen about “Mother” projects and artist profession
“Moscow 24” channel visited the workshop of Weld Queen and interviewed her for the October release of the program “Life in the big city”. Alexandra told about the upcoming project “Mother” and how she began to work as an artist. Link to the original source
Weld Queen made the new art object at Worldskills Hi-Tech 2018.
During the three days of the international championship WorldSkills Hi-Tech 2018 Alexandra Weld Queen created a performative object “Umbrella”, inspired by the relief of the Ural Mountains. Combining the elegant form with the brutality of the material, the reinforcing Umbrella symbolizes the firmness and strength of character of a Russian man who is not afraid…
Weld Queen on the show “Маlceva” (NTV, 15.10.2018)
Weld Queen visiting Natalia Maltceva: unusual sculptures, spectacular outfits and beloved mаn of the Iron Lady.
Mother
“Mother” is the personification of the cosmic creative power, the image of the original source standing at the beginning of all things. This power is immeasurable and infinite, just as a mother’s love is immeasurable and infinite. She is greater than we are; she is the mother of all living things. She is a spiritual…
“Yoke” Performance at Viennacontemporary 2018
From 27 to 30 September 2018 the annual art fair Viennacontemporary 2018 (Vienna, Austria) was held under the roof of iconic Marx Halle. In the framework of the exhibition, where more than 100 galleries and institutions from 26 countries were collected, took place the Weld Queen’s art intervention “Yoke”, performing a new trend of actionism…
Umbrella
“UMBRELLA” of Weld Queen is an everyday attribute of a person who is not afraid to face up to the difficulties of the surrounding world. The most reliable protection against any external adversity is “internal resistance”. The severe Russian climate has largely shaped the specifics of the national mentality: rain, snow and frost — all…
The Fan
The fan is a performative object of “Weld Queen Universe”. A steel ode to the power and elegance of female exposure. In the hands of the hostess it becomes the manifesto of independence of character and freedom of social conventions. Steel. Welding. Lacquering 470 x 280 x 50 mm 2018
№ 35
One of the characters of the installation “Choice and Polyethylene”. Everything in life happens in some certain sequence. And each of us has own sequence. “Number 35” is one of the brightest and at the same time mysterious heroes of the project, to which Weld Queen chose not to comment. 1720 x1200 x730 мм Steel.…
Performance Monarchy
The mentality of the individuals around the artist was uncompromisingly influenced by monarchy. It is a state of mind, when individual opinion is elevated to the rank of an unquestionable law. The monarch’s position is inherently dangerous and doomed to isolation. The more a person is assured of his superiority and uniqueness, the farther he place himself…
Аsya
One of the characters of the installation “Choice and Polyethylene”. Asya is a rare type of person who is able to accept the body given to him by nature adequately and naturally. A woman who carries her fullness luxuriously and elegantly. An ode to accepting the individuality and the unique beauty at the highest level.…
Weld Queen’s Birthday Party
On August 17, the birthday of the Weld Queen, a festive party was held in the” castle workshop”. For the evening were invited everyone who wants to personally get to know the artist and look at the “Kingdom of Weld Queen” from the inside. A rich program was waiting for the guests: – Already a…
Weld Queen at the fashion show “From Moscow with Love” in Monaco
From Moscow with Love is a government project of Moscow within the framework of a multi-purpose program to promote Russian fashion and design in international markets. From the 4th of August to the 6th of August fashion shows of young Russian designers from Russia, Europe, Asia and America were held on the Cote d’Azur. Weld…
Russia Beyond about Weld Queen
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Russia Today in the “Weld Queen Studio”
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Life News channel live broadcast from Weld Queen workshop
July 26, 2018 live broadcast of Life News was held in the “Castle-workshop” of Weld Queen. Reporters were expected almost an hour tour of the “Kingdom”, acquaintance with the main characters of the “Weld Queen Universe” and the demonstration of projects that are still being prepared.
Artist talk and a tour of Weld Queen’s “Castle-workshop”, July 13
July 13, 2018 another Artist talk took place in the “Castle-workshop” of the artist Weld Queen. Everyone could see how the “Kingdom of Weld Queen” was created.
Art All-in; A review of Weld Queen’s activity at The Moscow Times
https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russias-weld-queen-wows-62065 An extensive research on the current issues and actual questions of the Weld Queen’s creative activity in the article of Dmitry Vasin. July 2018.
Short documentary about daily life of Weld Queen
Students of the Higher School of Economics (Valery Shabelnikova, Anastasia Stepanova and Anastasia Strashnova) filmed a documentary about what affairs and events fill the daily life of Weld Queen. It’s a life-long date with the armature. Premiere of the film – June 2018.
Chinese bamboo minaudière
Chinese bamboo minaudière is a portable art object which is a part of the performance Chinese Miracle. In Chinese culture bamboo is a universal material that is used with equal success both in the construction industry and in the manufacture of decorative products-fans, umbrellas, bags, fabrics, etc. In the Weld Queen universe metal building fittings…
Russia-K TV Report “In the life of Weld Queen”
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Chinese Miracle performance
The performance Chinese Miracle highlights China’s work ethic as one of the important components of the Chinese economic miracle. China currently outperforms foreign nations in various sectors as well as in the world art market; you can judge by its turnover for paintings. One of the reasons of such success is the level of the…
Artist talk in “the Castle workshop of the Weld Queen”, May 2018.
At the end of May 2018, for the second time, the Castle-workshop of the artist Weld Queen opened its doors to all interested and willing to learn how the “Kingdom of Weld Queen” is being created. The audience could see firsthand where the “Cosmic lovers” and “Casanova” are cooked, how the welding and royal dresses…
LUISA & CHARLIE
1750 x 1260 x 960 мм Steel. Welding. Painting. 2018
Dorifor
Dorifor is a reminiscence of the famous experience of the ancient sculptor Praxiteles in creating the canon of the ideal male figure. In the 21st century, the ideal of muscularity increasingly depends on the fleeting trends of fashion. The glistening style of the inflated brutal macho man with a beard, extensible in show business, can…
Weld Queen at the “Synergy Art Forum”
May 19-20, 2018 in the Central Exhibition Hall “Manege” there was “Synergy Art Forum”, the country’s first large-scale forum about art and art-market. In the framework of this project, leading Russian and foreign critics, collectors, gallerists, art industry entrepreneurs and art connoisseurs met on the same platform. Two floors of the “Manege” were…
Life is beautiful
2d sculpture “Life is beautiful” is a laconic and capacious reflection on the boundaries of the interpretive potential of human thought. The familiar definition of the cell as a “symbol of unfreedom” on the one hand, and the structural basis of life on the other, becomes the starting point for the reorganization of the usual…
Euronews about Weld Queen’s art
Special interview for Euronews at the opening of personal exhibition “The rocking” 14.03.2018. http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/28/russian-artist-weld-queen-creates-interactive-sculptures
Fur Coat
The golden “Fur Coat” by Weld Queen is a piece of interactive public art that is created out of construction rebar and has a royal coat that appears to be wandering by itself through the crowd. In a single piece of art, gold and a fur coat—two of the most prevalent symbols of financial success…
Russian art edition “Art Uzel” has visited the opening of Weld Queen’s Exhibition “Oscillation”
Irina Svekolkina, the special correspondent from “Art uzel” edition, has visited the opening of fist personal exhibition of Weld Queen “Oscillation”, which was timed to coincide with the Valentine’s Day. The text of all review could be read here.
REN TV Report on Weld Queen personal exhibition
REN TV report on Weld Queen personal exhibition.
“In natura” performance
The performance “In natura” is an ode to the inexhaustible creative potential of Man. Modeling the demiurgic act, the artist in real time (from nature) created “her ideal man”, personifying the new standards of male beauty and power. Referring to the ancient tradition of compiling the canon, like modern Polykleitos, Weld Queen re-created Doriforos of…
Crazy couple
The crazy couple are inseparable lovers who realized their lack of freedom from each other and therefore adhere to very free views of the world around them. The level of their mutual trust has become so high that they can afford to openly (before the abnormality) interact with the rest of the people, acting as…
“Yoke” performance
“Yoke” performance is one of the series of the art interventions of the “Exhibit” project. In the “traditional Russian welding” suit, as well as with a yoke, specially designed for the action, Weld Queen specially attends art exhibitions and acts as a work of art. By her performance, the artist represents the collective image of…
Madonna
Madonna embodies both the sublime and low aspects of the female persona, making her the idealized and deified “SHE.” She is above common rumors and realistic evaluations; “good” and “bad” classifications do not apply to her; she is a woman in all her completeness and naturalness. Her power, a special force that has the ability…
“Exhibit” performance
Fashion-performance Weld Queen’s ongoing actionist project, “Exhibit,” entails a number of irregular art interventions in different art institutions. Weld Queen participates in the “Exhibit” initiative, visiting modern art exhibitions while wearing specially tailored welding suits. She inevitably engages the audience and the exhibition’s theme in conversation. Weld Queen literally invades the personal space of the…
String bag
The handbag called string bag is a portable art object that harks back to the days before plastic bags and refers to the distinctive aesthetic of the Eastern Europe everyday life in the 1980s. The string bag was a staple of everyday shopping – a versatile bag made of sturdy threads, which took little space…
Boobs dragon
Boobs Dragon is a chthonic creature, a chimerical creation of chaos, combining the genes of the ancient Russian Gorynych and the snake-tempter, widely known since biblical times. Boobs Dragon is the personification of the vices of modern society, packed in a brilliant and attractive wrapper. He gives people the illusion of permissiveness and impunity: today…
Sports welding suit
A sports welding suit is a Russian fashion solution for any fashion problems. About a half of the inhabitants of the post-Soviet space still has a universal and ingenious in its elegance solution of the immortal question “What to wear today”; it is a sports suit. With unfailing regularity, the fashion for a three-stripe wardrobe,…
Brothers
Brothers is a large public art project at the “Kudykina Gora” park in Lipetsk Region; the project is released in September 2017. The work have been created by Weld Queen during six months, it is a site-specific composition, blended seamlessly in the surrounding landscape. The statuary represents seven angels standing back to back to each…
Angel welding suit
Angel welding suit is a work uniform of the closest assistants of the demiurge – angels – repairing the cracks of the universe. They make it so that the entire universe would work like a clock: they repair someone’s destiny, forge history and, using welding, combine important events into one chronological line. Silver helmets and…
Embryo
The embryo is a performative sculpture created by dozens of people under the guidance of Weld Queen during the festival “Sparkle” organized by the community of Russian Burners. The sculpture symbolizes the “birth of life” of the tradition of the popular Burning man festival which is new for Russia. The solemn burning of the wooden…
Cocktail welding dress
Cocktail welding is an exquisite analog of the “little black dress”, combined with Weld Queen’s individual style. A win-win version of the elegant welding image for going out into the light, visiting parties, vernissages, and other social events. The dress is made of fireproof materials, leather and tarpaulin with refractory impregnation, the most common…
Unicat
Unicat is the synthesis of magic and reality. On the one hand, a mythical and mysterious image of a snow-white horse with a horn, which appears only before those who are pure in their body and mind. On the other hand, there is a familiar and dear cat, a symbol of home warmth and comfort.…
Forma festival, 2017
The festival of modern art and culture FORMA at the CMA Vinzavod.
The Galactic welding suit
The Galactic welding suit – a suit that is broadening the “superhero” attributions of a welder’s image to intergalactic level. In space, there are also welders, and the longer the distance from the solar system the higher the degree of their professional coolness. As a sign of prestige, Galactic suits are decorated with a rare…
Workshop 2017. Over There, Where No One Dreams: from Sacred Geography to Non-Place.
On the 3rd of July 2017 a long-awaited event – the opening of the retrospective exhibition of the School of Modern Art “Workshops” called “Workshop’17. Over There, Where No One Dreams: from Sacred Geography to Non-Place” was held at the Moscow Museum. It represented works of school graduates and artists from all over Russia. This…
Archstoyanie Kids 2017
Archstoyanie Kids is a family festival of modern arts which is held in Nikola-Lenivets Art Park for the forth time. In 2017 the festival hosted little guests from 30th of June to 2nd of July. According to the tradition, kids and their parents enjoyed fun games, educational programs and a lot of creation among wonderful…
Weld Queen and Welder’s Day in Russia
In celebration of Welder’s Day in Russia, the “Sputnik” radio station RIAQ News invited Weld Queen, a professional welder and an artist.
Spiel Mit Mir
The modern exhibition dedicated to sexuality in art.
“Govorit Moskva” radiostation
The profession of a welder is the most popular non-office profession.
Vesica piscis
The group exhibition in “Zverevskiy Centre of modern art”.
Metallic miracles on “Kultura” TV-channel
Weld Queen on “Kultura” TV-channel.
NTV interview
NTV TV-channel, 9.03.2017, “Good morning NTV” show, the profession metal artist. The host of the show spoke with Alexandra Weld Queen about welding as a profession, about metal as a material for self-expression.
Petunets at the Kudykina Gora park
The grand opening of the sculpture Petunets
Cosmolover at КОСМОС.LOVE exhibition
The new rocking chair by WELD QUEEN at the exhibition dedicated to the infinity of the space.
Rooster candy
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Cosmolover
Cosmolover
Handbag for strong women
Handbag for strong women is a portable art object, designed primarily (but not only) for access to social events; it is the first product from the collection of “strong accessories from the Weld Queen.” The object can be called Weld Queen’s “visual artistic experiment,” combining in one work the fields of plastic art, performance, and…
Evening welding dress
Вечернее сварочное платье
Meditating bear Ramishi
Медитирующий медведь Рамиши
