Biografie von WANG Du (1956)
Personal data
Birth : 12/25/1956 - Wuhan, China
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : China
Address
Paris, FranceRepresentatives
Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Professional data
Work and Life
1989:Participate in the pro-democratic demonstration (during the pro-democratic mouvment of Beijing). Arrested in September and imprisoned, Guangzhou, China
08/1990:Lives and works in Paris, France since 1990
Other professions
1997 – 1999 : Professor – Plastic Art
Université Paris VIII – 2, rue de la Liberté – Saint-Denis, France
1998 – 1999 : Professor
Ecole Supérieure d’Art – 18 rue du Château – Brest, France
Affiliated to an association
1981 – 1985 : Association of Artistic Search – Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts – 257 Changgang Dong Road – Canton, China
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Plaster - Plastic Subject
actualityculture/media
consumer society
Movements and styles
Chinese New Wave Art MovementWorks
| Luxe Populaire | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : Installation Materials : plaster Process : accumulation-sculpture | |
| Réalité Jetable | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Installation Materials : plastic | |
| Il y a des jambes qui en disent long | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Sculpture Materials : watercolor-plastic Process : painting-sculpture Size : 260 x 110 x 50 cm | |
| Marché aux puces : mise en vente d'informations d'occasion | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Installation Materials : plaster Process : painting-sculpture | |
| Mon kiosque | |
| Date of creation : 15/07/2000 Medium : Sculpture Materials : painting-resin | |
| Les travaux du corps | |
| Medium : Sculpture | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2007
Wang Du photographs
Galerie Laurent Godin – Paris, France
09/22/2007 – 11/03/2007
2005
Galerie Laurent Godin – Paris, France
10/01/2005 – 10/29/2005
2004
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
09/16/2004 – 11/07/2004
Défilé (parade)
Les Abattoirs – Espace d’art moderne et contemporain – Toulouse, France
06/24/2004 – 09/05/2004
Défilé (parade)
Le Rectangle – Centre d’art de la Ville de Lyon – Lyon, France
03/24/2004 – 05/09/2004
Défilé (parade)
La Criée – Rennes, France
01/16/2004 – 02/28/2004
2001
Rodin Gallery – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
07/13/2001 – 09/02/2001
Luxe Populaire – Je veux être un média
Le Rectangle – Centre d’art de la Ville de Lyon – Lyon, France
06/23/2001 – 09/23/2001
2000
Défilé
Deitch Projects – New York NY, United States
11/11/2000 – 12/23/2000
1999
Marché aux puces
Galerie Art & Public – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1999
1997
Les Travaux du Corps
Gate Foundation – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
1994
Reliques, A Vice & Vitures Project
Galerie Anne de Villepoix – Paris, France
1994
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Roger Pailhas – 20 quai de Rive Neuve – Marseille, France
2003
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium
Biennale di Ceramica nell’Arte Contemporanea
Albisola Superiore SV, Italy
09/27/2003 – 11/09/2003
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium
2002
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Baronian-Francey – 2 rue Isidore Verheyden – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
2001
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Albert Baronian – Boulevard Barthélémy 20 – Brussels, Belgium
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Albert Baronian – Boulevard Barthélémy 20 – Brussels, Belgium
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Art Beatus Gallery – M1-888 Nelson Street – Vancouver BC, Canada
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1999
Art 30 Basel
Messezentrum Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
1999
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1998
FIAC, n°25
Paris, France
1998
Represented by : Galerie Albert Baronian – Boulevard Barthélémy 20 – Brussels, Belgium
Group exhibitions
2005
Expérience de la durée – 8ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
09/12/2005 – 12/31/2005
2004
De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004
2003
Biennale of Ceramics in Contemporary Art
Attese Onlus – Milan MI, Italy
09/27/2003 – 11/09/2003
La Fabrique du Quotidien
Groupe d’Art Contemporain – Annonay, France
09/07/2003 – 09/29/2003
2002
La Fabrique du Quotidien
Galerie du Théâtre – Privas, France
11/30/2002 – 12/20/2002
La Fabrique du Quotidien
Château de Vogüe – Vogüe, France
11/10/2002 – 11/24/2002
Art Grandeur Nature
Parc Paysager de la Courneuve – La Courneuve, France
05/18/2002 – 10/13/2002
Ouverture
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
01/29/2002 – 04/21/2002
2001
Surasi Kusolwong – Wang Du
Fri-Art – Fribourg FR, Switzerland
02/2001 – 03/2001
Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002
Réjouissez-vous!
Le Parvis Centre d’Art Contemporain – Ibos, France
2001
2000
Humour ou dérision ? Un choix de Gilles Fuchs
Galerie Frank 14 rue des Pyramides – Paris, France
01/20/2000 – 03/18/2000
Négociations
CRAC Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain du Languedoc-Roussillon – Sète, France
2000
1999
Cities on the Move, n°4
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
1999
Cities on the Move, n°6
Bangkok, Thailand
10/09/1999 – 10/30/1999
d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999
Cities on the Move, n°5
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/13/1999 – 06/27/1999
1998
Cities on the Move, n°2
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
1998
Cities on the Move, n°3
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – New York NY, United States
1998
Gare de l’Est
Casino Luxembourg – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
12/12/1998 – 02/21/1999
1997
Cities on the Move, n°1
Wiener Secession – Vereinigung bildender Künstler – Vienna, Austria
11/26/1997 – 01/18/1998
Soaps
Museum voor Volkenkunde – Rotterdam, Netherlands
09/19/1997 – 12/31/1997
Uncertain Pleasure Chinese Artists in the 1990s
Art Beatus Gallery – Vancouver BC, Canada
04/09/1997 – 04/14/1997
1995
L’Art Contemporain Chinois
Palais Bénédictine – Fécamp, France
1995
1989
China Avant-Garde
China National Museum of Fine Arts – Beijing, China
1989
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2001
49/3, Française Touche n° 1
Publisher: Les Presses du Réel – 16 rue Quentin – Dijon, France
06/2001
ISBN : 2840660598
1998
Cream
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Martinez Rosa – Santa Fe NM, United States
1998
ISBN : 0714838012
Exhibition catalogues
2001
Wang Du, Disposable Reality
Publisher: Rodin Gallery – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
Author: Buthler Ruth
Author: Seung-duk Kim
2001
1999
La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X
1997
Soaps
Author: Van der Plas Els
1997
1996
Uncertain Pleasure : Chinese Artists in the 1990s
Author: Hou Hanru
1996
Cities on the Move
Author: Hou Hanru
1996
Monographies
2001
Wang Du Magazine, Je veux être un média
Publisher: Le Rectangle – Centre d’art de la Ville de Lyon – Place Bellecour – Lyon, France
Publisher: Design Mental – 66 rue de Provence – Paris, France
Author: Sans Jérôme – Paris, France
Author: Bourriaud Nicolas – Paris, France
07/2001
Periodicals
2004
FRIMBOIS Jean-Pierre – Le coup d’état de Wang Du !
in: Art Actuel n° 31 p. 99
Paris, France
03/2004-04/2004
2002
COLARD Jean-Max & BOUSTEAU Fabrice – Figures contemporaines / Contemporary figures
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 228
Paris, France
05/2002
ISBN : 07572271
1999
BEAUSSE Pascal – Wang Du
in: Qu’est-ce-que l’art ? What is art ? (today) – Beaux Arts Magazine p. 222
Paris, France
12/1999
ISBN : 07572271
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