YUE MINJUN ABOUT Born in Daqing 1962 Graduated

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 • 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

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

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

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

Sources • Char. Shanbeh. Souri. "He's the Man behind the Grinning Faces of Contemporary Chinese Art, but What's behind the Smile. " You. Tube, 07 Apr. 2010. Web. 22 Sept. 2016. <https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=F 1 n. TO 0 Ar. Tj. U>. • "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. " Artist. Profile. 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/>.