Renowned Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun’s phenomenal solo exhibition ‘2017 Primary Form in Re-Idol’ will be held at the Hubei Museum of Art from 2nd December 2017 – 14th January 2018. This exhibition showcases some of the latest works from Your Minjun’s iconic ‘Laughing Man’ series as well as selected milestone pieces throughout his career.
‘2017 Primary Form in Re-Idol: Yue Minjun Solo Exhibition’
Venue: No. 1, 2, 3 Exhibition Hall, Hubei Museum of Art
Exhibition Period: 2nd December 2017 – 14th January 2018
Opening: 4:30 pm, 2nd December 2017
Address: Public Hall on the 1st floor of Hubei Museum of Art
About the Artist
Using both the exaggerated expressiveness of cartooning and the stylistic rendering of graphic illustration, Yue depicts his cloned doppelgangers as contorted and grotesque, all scalded pink skin and maniacal toothy cackles. The acidic tones and commercialized vacuity of his works are used to underscore the insincerity of his figures’ mirth. As both antagonists and anti-heroes, Yue’s hysterical cohorts equally bully the viewer and stand as subjects of ridicule. Using laughter as a denotation of violence and vulnerability, Yue’s paintings balance a zeitgeist of modern day anxiety with an Eastern philosophical ethos, positing the response to the true nature of reality as an endless cynical guffaw. Your first reaction upon meeting Yue Minjun might be, yes, it is indeed he! The face with the enigmatic, jaw-breaking grin, perhaps the most recognizable image in contemporary Chinese painting, is a self-portrait.