A good studio for an artist is a very important place. Creative studios might sometimes look like a pile of rubbish or a mixed-up room, but this is where famous artists paintings are born!
MORT DE RIRE Oil on canvas 146 cm x 97 cm Private collection
(Chinese: 岳敏君; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement in art developed in China since 1989, Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time "doesn't concern himself about what people call him.
It's National Smile Day and as such we thought it would be the perfect time to introduce you to artist Yue Minjun's Smile Art.
Yue Minjun (Chinese, b. 1962), Bystander, 2011. Oil on canvas.
Visitamos a mostra do artista chinês em Paris
(Chinese: 岳敏君; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement in art developed in China since 1989, Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time "doesn't concern himself about what people call him.
YUE MINJUN: L'Ombre Du Fou Rire Or The Shadow Of Giggles
Der letzte Samstag war ein guter Tag, vor allen Dingen, weil ich endlich ein Rätsel gelöst habe, was mich lange begleitet und fast wahnsinnig gemacht hat. Ich hab’ irgendwo das neue Video zu “Jennifer” von Bass Sultan Hengzt gesehen. Und dort tauchten sie wieder auf, die übertrieben breit lachenden Asiaten, riesige Ölbilder, immer die gleiche Visage. Ich hab’ diese Bilder... Weiterlesen
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In 2012, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presented a major retrospective devoted to the work of the Chinese painter Yue Minjun. The first monograp
(Chinese: 岳敏君; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement in art developed in China since 1989, Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time "doesn't concern himself about what people call him.
(Chinese: 岳敏君; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement in art developed in China since 1989, Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time "doesn't concern himself about what people call him.
(Chinese: 岳敏君; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement in art developed in China since 1989, Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time "doesn't concern himself about what people call him.
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