G Y WU
exhibition view. photo Tom Bonnalt
On drops.
"The original ink drops have been blown up several times by means of a photocopier. So the form of the drops becomes clearly visible. At the same time the enlargement makes also more visible the differences between the several shapes of the drops.
The second step in the adaptation of the drops is the coordination of their contours. This is done by means of a grid stencil or by the realization of a drawing.
After that, the new drop is identical with the original one, but it is no longer the same. Therefore one can call this adaptation of the drops "transfer".
The act of shaping transfers the form".
G. Y. Wu
Normung,
2002, felt on wood, each 50 x 50 x 6 cm, (three parts).
photo Tom Bonnalt
Guang Yao Wu
photo Hedvig Stabell
CURRICULUM VITAE
1959 Born in Shanghai, China
Lives and works in Karlsruhe and Shanghai
EDUCATION
1979-1982 Shanghai School of Arts, Shanghai, China
1984-1987 Central Academy of Arts, Beijing, China
1989-1995 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Germany
SCHOLARSHIPS
2000 Scholarship at Cité des Arts International, Paris, France
2004 Werner Stober Foundation Award for Art, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
1986 Beijing University, China
1987 National Gallery, Beijing, China1991 Chinesisch-Europäisches Kulturzentrum, Berlin, Germany
1994 Konzept Museum Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1993 Oberrheinisches Dichtermuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
1995 Gallery Tang, Berlin, Germany
1996 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
1996 Museum of Art, Brno, Czech
1997 Gallery im Löbers, Gießen, Germany
1997 Kampnagelfabrik K3, Hamburg, Germany
1998 März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
1999 Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany
1999 Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
1999 Gallery of the city Tuttlingen, Germany
1999 Gallery Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen, Germany
2000 Museum for Concrete Art Ingolstadt, Germany
2001 März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
2002 Gallery Garanin, Berlin, Germany
2003 März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
2004 Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
2004 One man show, Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
2005 Werner Stober
Foundation Award for Art, National Art Museum, Karlsruhe, Germany
2005 Konstruktiv Tendens Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
1998 Palace Museum, Beijing, China
1989 Chinese Modern Art, National Gallery, Beijing, China
1993 Bonsai Museum, Heidelberg, Germany
1993 OIPCA East Village, New York, USA
1994 Auszeichnung, Syrlin Kunstverein International, Stuttgart, Germany
1995 Clouds in my coffee... Gallery T&A Edition, Berlin
1995 Station Deutschland, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1996 Station Deutschland, Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg, Germany
1996 Dorothea von Stetten-Art Price, Museum of Art Bonn, Germany
1996 Object, Tang Station, Berlin, Germany
1997 Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China
1997 Common Space 2, Pezinok, Slovakia
1998 Works of the
Collection of the Dorothea von Stetten-Foundation, Museum of Art, Bonn,
Germany
1998 Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Germany
1998 März Gallery, Mannheim and Ladenburg, Germany
1999 Herrenhof Mußbach, Neustadt/Weinstraße, Germany
1999 20 years for art, Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Germany
2000 Gallery Days, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany
2000 Nicht Ruhe geben
bevor die Erde quadratisch ist,
Collection of Marli Hoppe-Ritter, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Germany
2000 Continental
Shift, Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium
2000 10. Gmundner Symposion, Kammerhofgalerie Gmunden, Austria
2001 Global Echos, Mondriaanhuis Amersfoot, Holland
2001 Gallery Garanin, Berlin, Germany
2001 Xian Academy of Art, China
2002 Water-Sand-Space, Sharjah Art Museum, United Arab Emirates
2002 Hamburg Vertretung beim Bund, Berlin, Germany
2003 Water-Sand-Space, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
2003 Bildsprache-Sprachbild, CAS Software AG, Karlsruhe, Germany
2003 1+1, Gallery Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen, Germany
2004 Water-Sand-Space, Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Germany
2004 Apriori, Gallery Dorothea van der Koelen, Venice, Italy