• Yue Minjun, a renowned contemporary Chinese artist, and a leading figure of Cynical Realism is internationally famous for his iconic laughing figures.

  • The man with the world's saddest smile.

  • "Through their appearances, I depict people who, even when being manipulated, have no thoughts of their own yet still feel happy."

    ——— Yue Minjun

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Yue Minjun/Huang Du: Interview

Huang Du (H) : It is said that you once worked on an offshore oil platform? Yue Minjun (Y): Y...
Memory Evoked by Scenery

In the midnight of Feb 2nd, 1933, Lu Xun, having been so uneasy, wrote down an mournful essay, , for 5 young writers including ...
Scene (Preface)

When we look back on the typical self-portraits by Yue Minjun, we can find that these “cynical” images made in the early 1990s,...
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