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YUE MINJUN

YUE MINJUN. ABOUT. Born in Daqing, 1962 Graduated from Hebei university in 1983 majoring in oil painting Moved from being an electrician, to an artist In 1991, he moved to Yuanmingyuan to follow his career as a painter Best known for the laughing character in many of his pieces. His Work.

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YUE MINJUN

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  1. YUE MINJUN

  2. ABOUT • Born in Daqing, 1962 • Graduated from Hebei university in 1983 majoring in oil painting • Moved from being an electrician, to an artist • In 1991, he moved to Yuanmingyuan to follow his career as a painter • Best known for the laughing character in many of his pieces

  3. His Work • The laughing faces represent the feelings of the people after China’s reform, sad and happy at the same time • His art is a mixture of two contradictory feelings, miserable and pessimistic, but delightful and joyful Artist: Yue Minjun Title: Garbage Hill (2009) Medium: Prints and Multiples, Lithograph

  4. Medium • Prefers to paint, oil on canvas • Prints and multiples, Lithography, woodcut • Sculpture, Fibreglass, acrylic Artist: Yue Minjun Title: Backyard Garden (2005) Medium: Paintings, Oil on Canvas

  5. Artist: Yue Minjun Title: Grassland Series-Laughing Horns(2008)Medium: Prints and multiples, Woodcut

  6. Artist: Yue Minjun Title: The Execution Medium: Oil Paint • Painted within a month to complete in 1995 • Sold the piece for $5000 to Schoeni (art dealer) • Schoeni sold the piece for $6,000,000

  7. Sources • CharShanbehSouri. "He's the Man behind the Grinning Faces of Contemporary Chinese Art, but What's behind the Smile." YouTube. YouTube, 07 Apr. 2010. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1nTO0ArTjU>. • "Contemporary Chinese Art." Yue Minjun. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <http://www.contemporary-chinese-art.eu/en/artists/151-yue-minjun/210-yue-minjun-biography.html>. • "Execution (painting)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. • Gallery, Saatchi. "Yue Minjun." ArtistProfile. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/yue_minjun.htm>. • N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.artnet.com/artists/yue-minjun/>.

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