I think that every expression of art is a representation of feelings and a container of vital energy. Colours, shapes and symbols, which seem to be randomly chosen, are linked to the unconscious and to my memories: the transport of this meaning is the reinterpretation of thoughts and experiences.
- He Wei
Colours, shapes and symbols, which seem to be randomly chosen, are linked to the unconscious and to my memories: the transport of this meaning is the reinterpretation of thoughts and experiences. If the artwork is the 'personification' of thoughts and feelings, then what we see is only a way to interpret them, and the different gestures presented in his works represent the most direct, simple and impulsive communication. This kind of communication has an effect outside concept of values like what is right or wrong.
The artist’s research, dedicated to the investigation of shapes, forms and colors, goes from the beauty to the ugliness, from certainty to doubt, from exteriority to interiority. In recent works, the investigation of an emotional turmoil is particularly accentuated, and it is expressed in a very rhythmic and pulsing language. The signs, shapes, scratches and scribbles. All intertwined between the realistic- figurative compositions of anonymous bodies and the abstract chromatic inserts that force us to go beyond the real figure of the visible.
He Wei is a methodical and thoughtful artist, who carefully observes the world around him. He develops virtual sketches, following a well-detailed creative scheme, where everything becomes a calculated fruit of his mind. In particular, a recent series of abstract sculptures reflect this vision and approach. The works are the result of He Wei’s long research on balance and formal perfection, physicality of the work as well as craftsmanship and art. The concepts that once were contemplated by the theorists of neoplasticism, minimalists or the founders of the Bauhaus School. These enigmatic structures reflect the aesthetic vision of He Wei which finds application both in the field of sculpture and that of painting.
In his recent paintings, He Wei analyses and dismantles the portrait, to create a stronger and more violent perception compared to his previous canvases, characterized by the cancelation of the face through graffiti or coloured geometric shapes. The result of the new portraits is truly fascinating thanks to the use of very strong and incisive colours and studied and skilful oil spots and brushstrokes.
The artist has assigned titles of psychotropic drugs to the works, giving them a curative function (they are medicines of distorted reality) and at the same time they are representation of contemporaneity, in need of rebalance the excess of psychosis and schizophrenia through drugs. In this whirling sensation of confusion and instability, the spectator is brought straight into this art of transition, towards future forms.
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KometenMelodie
He Wei 28 Nov 2024 - 13 Jan 2025KometenMelodie He Wei Solo exhibition PRIMO MARELLA GALLERY MILANO Opening Thursday, 28 November 6 PM From Nov. 28, 2024 to Jan. 13, 2025, Chinese artist He Wei brings the...Read more -
PORTRAITS
He Wei 20 May - 30 Jun 2021 -
He Wei - Hate you, Love you, Fuck you
He Wei 13 Feb - 10 Apr 2020 -
Lost into a Nurse's Dream
He Wei 22 Sep - 3 Nov 2017
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The Third Uncle, 2024
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Dark minuet, 2024
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The beauty of the abyss, night melancholy, 2024
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Be My Wife, 2024 Sold
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Kick In the Eye, 2024
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Terror Couple Kill Colonell, 2024
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Monologuist, 2024
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Dreamcore drift, 2024
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Mask, 2024
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Low I, 2024
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Ohm Sweet Ohm, 2024
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Low II, 2024
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Kaspar, 2024
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Huuvola (Der blaue Engel), 2024
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Hello Mr. Moonlight, 2024 Sold
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The Sky's Gone Out, 2024
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Ralf, Florian, Wolfgang...and Uli, 2024
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Maniac depressive dream, 2023
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The bitter sweet, 2023
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Barium Perchlorate, 2022
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Bismuth selenide, 2022
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Calcium Fluoride, 2022
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The Eternal Family, 2022 Sold
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Sulfate , 2022
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Amitriptyline, 2021
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Sulpiride, 2021
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De Brest, 2023
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Der Himmel über Berlin
He Wei CV
Born 1987 in Anhui province, China
EDUCATION
2005
Anhui University, Anhui China 2008
Fine Art Academy, Florence 2012
Brera Fine Art Academy, Milan
EXHIBITIONS
2021
He Wei Portraits, Primo Marella Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2020
Hate you, Love you, Fuck you, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
2019
Meccaniche Della Meraviglia: He Wei, Solo Exhibition MO.CA Brescia Italy 2018
Undertow, Primae Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2017
Lost into a Nurse’s Dream, Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
Destination Asia, Now, Primae Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland Artissima, Special project, Turin, Italy
Asia Now, Special project, Paris, France
2015
He Wei’s solo show, Prime Noctis Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2014
Laguna Award, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2012
Zeitgeist, Rugu Zhai Gallery, Beijing, China
2011
Academy on show, EX3 Contemporary Art Centre, Florence, Italy
2008
The Second Anhui Oil Art Exhibition, Anhui, China
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Miart 2024
11 - 14 Apr 2024Location: Allianz MiCo, Pavilion 3 Viale Scarampo, Milan Opening times: 11 April - VIP preview (by invitation only): from 11.00 to 21.00 12 and 13...Read more -
ARTEFIERA BOLOGNA, 2024
2 - 4 Feb 2024We are excited to participate at Arte Fiera - Bologna 2024, an extraordinary event that celebrates its roots through a fascinating journey into the past,...Read more -
Artissima Torino 2023
2 - 5 Nov 2023ARTISSIMA TORINO Primo Marella Gallery is pleased to participate in Artissima Torino 2023, presenting the totality of its research, combining African and Asian artists in...Read more -
Miart 2023
14 - 16 Apr 2023Miart 2023 BOOTH A13 Preview | 13 Aprile Allianz MiCo, Padiglione 3 viale Scarampo, Milano Orari di apertura: 11.30 - 20.00 Venerdì 14 Aprile 11.30...Read more -
Artefiera 2023
3 - 5 Feb 2023Artefiera 2023 PAD 25 BOOTH B12 Preview | 2 February Bologna Fair District, Halls 25 and 26 Costituzione entrance Arte Fiera BolognaFiere, Piazza Costituzione, 6...Read more -
ARTEFIERA BOLOGNA 2022
13 - 15 May 2022Opening times: 13th May 11-12 pm (vip only) / 12.00-8 pm; 14th - 15th May 11-8 _______ Quartiere Fieristico di Bologna, pavillions 15 and 18...Read more -
Miart Art Fair 2022
31 Mar - 3 Apr 2022PAD3 / Booth A15 ARTISTS Joël Andrianomearisoa Rangga Aputra Bestrizal Besta Abdoulaye Konaté Troy Makaza Elio Marchegiani Marco Mazzucconi Ruben Pang Refijon Kenji Sugiyama Nguyen...Read more -
MIART, Milan 2021
16 - 19 Sep 2021Pad. 4 Stand C27 - D28 Featured artists: Joël Andrianomearisoa Amani Bodo Abdoulaye Konaté Bestrizal Besta Vithois Mwilambwe Bondo Elio Marchegiani Ruben Pang He Wei...Read more -
Art Fair Philippines 2021
6 - 15 May 2021ARTWORKS PREVIEW Primo Marella Gallery is pleased to participate in Art Fair Philippines! 6-15 MAY 2021 Vip Preview: 5 MAY www.artfairphilippines.com Presented Artists: FROM ASIA...Read more -
Artissima Unplugged 2020
5 - 8 Nov 2020Following the new Artissima Unplugged guise, a model spreading across times and spaces, combining physical exhibitions with digital projects, this week we are pleased to...Read more -
Art Geneve 2020
30 Jan - 2 Feb 2020Art Geneve Booth C49 30 January - 2 February 2020 Preview | 29 January 2020 Palaexpo SA, Route Francois Peyrot 30 Le grand Saconnex,...Read more -
ARTE FIERA 2020
24 - 26 Jan 2020Arte Fiera Booth A2 24 - 26 January 2020 Preview | 23 January 2020 Presented artists: Joël Andrianomearisoa Besta Bestrizal Kenji Sugiyama ...Read more