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YUE Minjun
The Paintings, sculptures and installations of Yue Minjun always feature uniform laughing faces. And if these laughing faces are observed carefully, it will be noticed that these faces are the face of Yue Minjun. With these formations of self portraits, Yue Minjun presents various realities that emerge as the background behind the laughing visages. These realities emerge through various easy to recognize symbols, metaphors and signs,
or through depictions of daily life.
1985 Studied in the Oil Painting Department of Hebei Normal University, China.
1962 Born in the town of Daqing in the province of Hei Long Jiang, China.
Art Experiences
2004 “Dreaming of the Dragon’s Nation: Contemporary Art Exhibition from China”, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.
“Shanghai Biennale 2004”, China.
“Guangju Biennale 2004”, Korea.
“Art on the Beach: Sculptures”, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France.
“20 Years of Hanart TZ Gallery”, Hong Kong Art Center, China.
“China, the Body Everywhere?”, Maseille Museum of Contemporary Art, France.
2003 “From China with Art”, Edwin Gallery & Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
“the Rest of the World”, Neuffer Am Park, Pirmasens, Germany.
“Newe Kunsthalle Mannheim 2”, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany.
“CP Open Biennale 2003”, Indonesia National Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
“People and People: Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art Collections of GDMA”, Guangdong Museum of Art(GDMA), Guangzhou, China.
“Living Conditions: Selections from the GDMA Collection of Contemporary Chinese Art”, GDMA, Guangzhou, China.
2002 “Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition: Red Land, China”, Gwangju Art Museum, Korea.
“Korea and Chinese Painting-2002 New Expression”, Seoul Culture & Art Center, Korea.
“Chinese Contemporary Art”, Rekjavik Art Museum, Iceland.
“A Point in Time-Changsha”, Beauty Art Museum, Changsha, China.
“The First Guangzhou Triennial”, Guangdong Museum of Art, China.
“Inaugural Exhibition: Contemporary Terracotta Warriors”, The Esplanade, Singapore.
“Golden Harvest-Chinese Contemporary Exhibition”, Croatia National Art Museum, Croatia.
2001 “Ornament and Abstraction”, Foundation Beyeler, Switzerland.
“Hotpot: Chinese Contemporary Art”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
“Towards a New Image-Twenty Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting”, National Art Museum, Beijing; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai; Sichuan Art Museum, Chendu; Guangdong Art Museum, Guangzhou, China.
“Song Zhuang”, Stadtische Galerie im Buntentor Bremen & Kunstverein Ludwigshafen Germany.
2000 “Between…”, Changdu Upriver Residence, Kunming Upriver Club, China.
“Portraits of Chinese Contemporaries”, The Culture Centre of Francois Mitterrand, France.
“Our Friends”, Bauhaus University Art Gallery, Weimar, Germany
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