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| Yu Youhan (1943 Shanghai) is a key figure in the Political Pop movement. His influence on Chinese avant-garde art has been felt since the mid-1980s when he was a major figure in the Shanghai Minimalist movement. He began his Mao series in 1989. The series consists of portrait-like depictions of Mao's everyday life. But in Yu's colored, floral-strewn portraits, Mao's principles of "art for the purpose of political instruction" and "art for the pleasure of the masses, " set forth in his Yan'an talks on literature and art are given a new twist. Yu Youhan's images use foksy patterns and a whimsical composition like approach to art. He started his new “Yimengshan” and “Traditional Garden” series in recent years. Yu Youhan graduated from the Central Academy of Arts & Design in Beijing in 1973. He lives in Shanghai and teaches at the Shanghai Institute of Industrial Arts. |
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When I drive a flower bicycle, I will have a good future, 2004, Silkscreen print on canvas, 55x72cm
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Tree & water, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 150x104cm
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Wheelbarrow and I, 2004.7.16-8.2, Acrylic on canvas, 216×149cm
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Yi Meng Shan, 2003.4-5, Acrylic on canvas, 202×149cm
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Xian Ruo Pauilion, 2002.1, Acrylic on canvas, 223×180cm
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Yi Meng Shan, 2002.11.9-30, Acrylic on canvas, 240×150cm
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Everybody Will Die One Day, 1998, Acrylic on canvas, 110×90cm
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Deng Xiaoping, 1996, Acrylic on canvas, 110×90cm
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Mao with the Statur of Liberty, 1995.10, Acrylic on canvas, 70×23cm
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The Lowly are the most Intelligent; The Elite are the most Ignorant, 1995.4, Oil on canvas, 150×113cm
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Zebra, 1994.7, Acrylic on canvas, 160×116cm
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The World is Yours, 1994.5, Acrylic on canvas, 158×117cm
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The Dancers, 1994.6, Acrylic on canvas, 103.6×86cm
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We are Getting Better Day by Day, 1994, Oil on canvas, 172×136cm
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Waving Hand, 1990.5, Acrylic on canvas, 144×131cm
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The Bicycle of Flower, 1989.7, Acrylic on canvas, 120×90cm
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Mao with Whitney, 1989, Acrylic on canvas, 136×106cm
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Mao with Patterned Facem, 1989.5, Acrylic on canvas, 120×90cm
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Solo Exhibitions
2008
New Abstract Paintings——Yu Youhan Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Fair, Outstanding Artists Section, Booth E21, Art Fairs ShanghaiMART
2007 Yu Youhan Mao - Shanghai Pop - Solo, ChinaToday Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2006
"ShanghART Gallery artists group exhibition," ShanghART Gallery, Gallery
2004
Yu Youhan, Landscape of Yi Meng Shan Shanghart H-Space, Shanghai
1999
Ah! Us , SHANGHART
1998
Yu Youhan , Gallery Sonne, Berlin, Germany
1996
Yu Youhan, Maison de la Chine , Paris, France |
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