Materialist Workers 2 Woman, 2005
Witnessing the surge of brands and consumerism in China, Wang here suggests that political propaganda and consumer advertisements are two facets of the same strategy that aim to control and manipulate ideas and behavior.
Wang Guangyi's work has been exhibited worldwide in galleries and museums and is part of major private and public collections such as the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA; the Essel Museum, Kloserneuburg, Austria; the Today Art Museum, Beijing, China and the Berardo Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. Recent exhibitions include Contemporary Chaos, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium,Vestfossen, Norway (2018); Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S.A. (2017), Thing-in-itself: Utopia, Pop and Personal Theology – Wang Guangyi Retrospective Exhibition, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (2012); Wang Guangyi. The Interactive Mirror Image, Tank Loft. Chongqing Contemporary Art Center, Chongqing, China (2011); Visual Politics, Solo Exhibition of Wang Guangyi, He Xiangning Art Museum, Guangdong, China(2008); Cold War Aesthetics, Wang Guangyi, Institute of Louise Blouin Foundation, London, U.K.(2008).