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 ue Minjun (1962, Heilongjiang Province) is one of the chief proponents, along with Fang Lijun, of the Cynical Realist movement. His colorful and vibrant paintings of men with full-toothed laughter are now some of the most popular contemporary art works on the market. One of his works sold for over $4 million, the highest price ever paid for a work by a Chinese contemporary artist. Yue is now a global art star. His portrait has appeared in the New York Times and on the cover of Time magazine's Asia edition. His works, which appear to be self-portraits,show legions of cloned figures apparently caught in bouts of hilarious laughter with their mouths wide open and their eyes tightly closed. But the portraits are actually intended to be false expressions of joy masking the trauma and despair that swept China in the early 1990s, when youthful idealism gave way to cynical realism. Yue Minjun now lives and works in Beijing. |
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2000 A.D. , 2000, Painted polyester, 25 figures: 186×60×46cm
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Vermeer-The Milkmaid, 2002, Oil on canvas, 143×122cm
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Seeking for Terrorists, 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 219×400cm
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Seeking for Terrorists, 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 220×300cm
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Seeking for Terrorists, 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 230×295cm
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Look for, 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 200×400cm
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Laughing Across the Country, 1999, Brush drawing on paper, 108×78cm
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Hats，2004，oil on canvas，82×82cm
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The Search for Terrorists-2
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The Search for Terrorists-6，2006，220×300cm
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Green Hat, 2004, Oil on canvas, 58×75cm
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Backyard Pond，2006，220×292cm
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Gweong-Gweong，1992，oil on canvas，182×250cm
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On the Rostrum of Tian An Men, 1991, Oil on canvas, 190×200cm
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The Scarecrow, 1996, Oil on canvas, 50×65cm
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Eternal Goose，1998，180×210cm
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Love Bird-2, 1995, Oil on canvas, 140×140cm
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Solo Exhibitions:
2007
“Looking for Art”——Yue Minjun，Beijing Commune，Beijing，China
2006
"Yue Minjun: Manipulation Series", Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France
Reproduction Icons: Yue Minjun works,2004-2006,He Xiangning Art Museum,Shenzhen,China
"Looking for Terrorists", Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2005
Post Auratic Self Portrayal of Yue Minjun,CP Foundation,Jakarta,Indonesia
2004
Yue Minjun:Sculpture&Paintings,Schoeni Art Gallery,Hong Kong
2003
Yue Minjun:Beijing Ironicals,Prüss&Ochs Gallery,Berlin,Germany
Yue Minjun,Meile Gallery,Switzerland
2002
Soaking In Silly Laughter:one of Art Singapore 2002,Soobin Art Gallery,Singapore
Yue Minjun:Handling,One World Art Center,Beijing,China
2000
Red Ocean-Yue Minjun,Chinese Contemporary,London,England |
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