Weld Queen at Synergy Art Fair in Miami

On December 3-10, Weld Queen participated in Art Basel Miami week with her performative objects: Chinese Bamboo minaudière, Fan, Microbe No. 2 and others. She also presented her new suit from her Welding Universe collection, which was welding fairy outfit At the opening of Synergy Art Fair, she fulfilled the wishes of good people with a…

Blastoff

Blastoff is a follow-up to the project Airfield for Walking in The Clouds; it is a large scale tower-plane breaking free from the ground and exploring new worlds. It symbolizes aspiration for the dreams you shouldn’t stop following. At the top of Blastoff, there are exits to the wings through the aircraft cabin, and the…

Female

The chimera-like art object “Female” personifies the coexistence of different role models that a person has to play depending on the prevailing circumstances around him. Such a position can prove advantageous and help avoid losses that may occur when fully engaged in an endeavor. The multi-headed and multi-armed chimera seems to juggle its heads, showing…

Palanquin

  The Weld Queen’s vehicle is a Guards-powered vehicle. The Palanquin was first used during the Royal Wedding Ceremony. The Palanquin was created for the Queen to comfortably attend social events and not bother her precious legs during long and tiring gala parties. Honorable, half-naked men from the Weld Queen’s Guard traditionally carry the Queen.…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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

Human in the modern world is constantly changing under the new standards, is able to upgrade their body to unnatural changes, and interferes with the genetic code of future children. In her work, the artist questions the new scientific achievements of civilization, which allow us to become so-called superhumans with new abilities and appearances. The…

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.…

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…

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…

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.