2008年3月8日-4月8日，香格纳画廊H空间向您隆重推出《典籍》魏光庆个展。此次展览是2007年魏光庆在深圳何香凝美术馆大型回顾个展《左图右史-魏光庆艺术展》之后，其《朱子家训》、《孙子兵法》、《百家姓》系列作品以及部分古籍书本的原稿的一次集中展示。

     魏光庆是自85新浪潮以来中国当代艺术活动中的代表人物之一，湖北新潮美术群体“部落•部落”的重要成员，90年代“文化波普”绘画的代表性艺术家。从他《红墙》系列一直到《梦露》、《中国制造》系列，作品始终延续着一种文化的叙述和隐喻，他以简洁而直接的方式把波普的语言表达之根扎在中国文化的土壤之中。在他的作品中，插图符号混合在一起，形成传统道德与现代商业文明相互撞击、彼此改变的图景。

     而在本次展览中展出的这三个系列绘画作品则结合了艺术家更多的对文化、对现实的思考。以《孙子兵法》为例，魏光庆虽仍然从书籍《孙子兵法》中挪用了木版插图，如“孙子兵法势篇”和“孙子兵法地形篇”等，但在作品的背景上却使用了根据射击用的“靶子”与“国际象棋”转换而来的新型文化符号，这其实是艺术家强调了一个具有悠久传统的中国在全球化的格局中与国际的复杂关系。前者暗示了现代国际战争的影响；后者则暗示了国与国之间的博弈。由此，我们在解读魏光庆的绘画时，将可以更多的结合当下的现实思考其内在的文化问题……

The exhibition presents three large series of works about ancient scriptures – a visual motif that has appeared throughout Wei Guangqing's work since the early 90's. Wei Guangqing encourages the viewer to look again or reconsider familiar narratives and styles of images. The series takes as their point of departure the Chinese moral classics like Zhu Family Instructions or The Art of War with feudal maxims of ethical morals and doctrines. Appropriating these ancient illustrated books, Wei Guangqing replaces the original texts, maintaining only the original illustrations and manipulating them with the flat pastiche technique of pop art. The newly composed paintings serve as a contemporary projection screen for a new social order and new moral standards.

Wei Guangqing was born in Huanshi, Hubei province in 1963. He graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Department of oil painting of in 1985 and has since then be a very active participant of the new Chinese Art. Wei Guangqing resides and works in Wuhan. Selected exhibitions include recently: Zuo Tu You Shi-Wei Guangqing's Art Exhibition, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen;  Made in China – the Paintings of Wei Guangqing, ShanghART Gallery (Shanghai, 2005), China – Contemporary Painting, Fondazioni Cassa di Risparmio (Bologna, 2005), First Triennale of Chinese Art, Guangzhou Art Museum (2002), and long time ago: I don`t Want to Play Cards with Cezanne, Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena, 1990), China/Avant-garde Art Exhibition, National Art Museum of China (1989, Beijing) 

A comprehensive catalogue about Wei Guangqing's oevre since the early 1980's is available