The four-winged Phoenix came to Weld Queen at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second half of April. IT appeared as a symbol of rebirth, renewal, a sign of the violent but at the same time protective Nature. The two upper wings of the “Phoenix” are the power of Nature, inspiration and recovery…
“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…
A large-scale art object that will be performed at Burning Man 2021. The Weld Queen team successfully created the “Airfield for walking in the clouds” at Burning Man 2019 and the “Airfield _ 2.0 _ Tower” will be a continuation of this project. To the already created “Airfield” will be added a new object “The flight…
The reproduction mechanisms are laid in the female body like a program code. It is at the same time a duty and a need: a a woman gives birth and life, produces, accumulates and transmits energy. This is the nature, the law of nature. For centuries the image of a woman/mother (nursing) was allegoric expression…
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
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…
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…
We are swinging on the swing of our doubts, joining the game of searching for potential partners. This game between the sexes takes place in the format of a planet and stretches for millennia. While playing, a person often loses himself, forgets and erases his personality. He transforms his body, face, trying to be like…
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” is a model of a fantasy airfield measuring 114 x 49 ft. with ten dream-liners “Armchairs for walking in the clouds” created by Weld Queen. The project is a large-scale interactive installation where people are able sitting and swinging in the “Armchairs for walking in the clouds”, are able to “break…
The artist is a primary product, after him there is a long chain of those his works goes through in achievement of the viewer/buyer. All this is similar to the huge meat grinder of which can come out forcemeat of doubtful quality. From all sides hi is tried to drive into some framework, to comb,…
“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).
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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.
The performance-installation “Limited Monarchy” is an experience research of “double separation”, the task is to find oneself in the human reality constructed by the positions: a social role – a body – consciousness. The artist calls this experience “Museumification of human shells”. The social position is represented by the royal dress of Weld Queen, created…
The central character of the installation “Choice and Polyethylene”. The central static figure is a conditional self-portrait of every person. It reflects the position of the observer outside bodily games, the position of a one seeking value in himself. This position gives us an understanding of our place in gender relationship network as well as…
(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.…
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…
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 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 grandsire. The new look represents…
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
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…
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…
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(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.…
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…
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“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
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 visiting Natalia Maltceva: unusual sculptures, spectacular outfits and beloved mаn of the Iron Lady.
(project in progress) “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, as the mother’s love is immeasurable and infinite. She is greater than us, she is the mother of all living things, an invisible light…
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” 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 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
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.…
Monarchy is an uninterrupted constant of the Russian mentality, a state of mind habitual to all, when individual opinion is elevated to the rank of unquestioning law. Speculatively the monarchy can be external, measured by the political regime and the structure of the state, and internal, where everyone is a monarch or a subject for himself. The…
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.…
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…
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…
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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.
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.
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.
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 minodiere is a portable art object which is a part of the performance “Chinese magic”. 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…
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The performance “Chinese magic” is the comprehension of China’s labor ethics as one of the important components of the Chinese economic miracle through the prism of the Russian mentality. The common Communist past gave Russia and China roughly the same conditions for starting a new economic system. At the moment, China is ahead of Russia…
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…
1750 x 1260 x 960 мм Steel. Welding. Painting. 2018
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…
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…
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…
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
The «Fur Coat» by Weld Queen is an interactive public art object made from the building bars and depicting a «royal robe» as if it is walking independently in a stream of people. Gold and fur-coat like two the most common indicators of financial well-being in modern society are included in a single art-work and…
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.
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…
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 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 is the idealized and deified “SHE”, simultaneously combining all the sublime and low sides of the female being. She is above everyday gossip and pragmatic assessments, the categories of “good” and “bad” are not applicable to it, it is what it is – a woman in all its completeness and naturalness. Brightness and invisibility,…
Fashion-performance “Exhibit” is a long-term actionist project of Weld Queen, consisting of a series of periodic art interventions in various art institutions. Within the framework of the “Exhibit” project, Weld Queen in specially tailored welding suits, made of professional welding materials (felted leather and fireproof tarpaulin), attends modern art exhibitions, naturally entering into a dialogue…
Avoska is a portable art object, referring to times before plastic bags and original aesthetics of the Soviet life. Avoska was the main element of daily shopping – a universal bag of hard threads, which took little space and conveniently contained a large number of products. Avoska by Weld Queen made of metal is a…
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…
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 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 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…
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 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 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.…
The festival of modern art and culture FORMA at the CMA Vinzavod.
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…
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 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…
In celebration of Welder’s Day in Russia, the “Sputnik” radio station RIAQ News invited Weld Queen, a professional welder and an artist.
The modern exhibition dedicated to sexuality in art.
The profession of a welder is the most popular non-office profession.
The group exhibition in “Zverevskiy Centre of modern art”.
Weld Queen on “Kultura” TV-channel.
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.
The grand opening of the sculpture Petunets
The new rocking chair by WELD QUEEN at the exhibition dedicated to the infinity of the space.
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Purse 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 visual artistic experiment Weld Queen, combining in one work the field of plastic art, performance and design,…
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The Superhero welding is a synthetic image that exploits the traditional visuality of the comic culture. By his work, a welder, like any person who works with his hands, performs a feat worthy of a hero. He is both a rescuer and a superhero, ready to rush to help people in need at any moment…
The Traditional Russian welding outfit is the collective image of a Russian woman: in the Nekrasov’s sense, she is strong, capable of bearing a heavy load on her shoulders, and at the same time fragile. Times change, but some things remain unchanged. The suit is a part of Weld Queen’s alternative art mythology, according to…
An armchair for joint cruising in the clouds is an object, one can use it to travel in his fantasies, together with his like-minded person. Usually we feel the need to share something very good and valuable with another person, for only then the feeling of happiness becomes complete. “Joint cruising in the clouds” helps…
WeldQueen will take part in “Moulin Volant” Feast at the invitation Slava Polunin.
Casanova is the most charismatic and popular hero-lover of the European history. Usually he is an invited guest in the night fantasies of the female unconscious. The figure of the famous Venetian adventurer has always been covered with a romantic fleur; he secretly gave his name to many contemporaries as a nominal word to such…
