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…
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
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
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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
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.…
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…
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
Elephant-burger
Слонбургер
Superhero welding suit
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…
Traditional Russian welding outfit
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…
Armchair for joint cruising in the clouds. Model WQ-4.
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…
Casanova
Casanova is the most charismatic and popular hero-lover in European history. He tends to be the guest of honor in the nightly fantasies of the female unconscious. The figure of the famous Venetian adventurer has always been shrouded in a romantic veil; he has tacitly given his name to many of his contemporaries as a…
Armchair for walking in the clouds
The armchair for walking in the clouds is a means of transport, allowing you to move comfortably in your fantasies while slightly rocking on cloud tides. Despite the fact that it is a material object from the physical world, it helps to travel through the inner cosmos and open new mental horizons to every soul…
Horse on Fire
The first work in the Rocking Chairs series, Horse on Fire (Kon-Agon), is an aspiration for a fast and powerful mode of transportation, substantiated in fire and iron. A good racehorse was once worth the price of gold; today, almost everyone fantasizes about owning a car, a motorcycle, or even an airplane, over which one…
Meditating cat Tikhvami
Tikhvami is the first sculpture to initiate the creative path of Weld Queen. The artist saw this creature in a dream and realized that she could and must give him a real body. The sculpture represents the eternal question “what spirit and spirituality are” in our mysterious and contradictory world. Tikhvami is physical and transparent…
Heart Eternity
Heart eternity 420x310x310 mm. 2008
