YUE MINJUN Yue Min-Jun (born 1962, Daqing, China) is one of the leading Chinese artists. He is best known for oil paintings depicting formations of his laughing self-portraits in various settings. His iconography is easily recognisable, it challenges social and cultural conventions by depicting objects and political issues in a radical, abstract, ironic and cynical manner. Yue Min-Jun initially started painting as a hobby, subsequently he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Hebei Normal University, China in 1985. In the 90s he joined an artist community in Yuan Ming Yuan, a village near Beijing where he began to form his style and iconography. The paintings, sculptures, and installations of Yue Minjun feature uniform laughing pink faces, which appear to be self-portraits. Through various symbols, metaphors, signs, or through depictions of daily life the artist constructs various realities against which the laughing figures are rendered. "In my work, laughter is a representation of a state of helplessness, lack of strength and participation, with the absence of our rights that society has imposed on us." —Yue Minjun Yue became famous after his participation in the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, which granted him access to international art. One of the best-known paintings by Yue Minjun and an icon for modern Chinese art and the Cynical Realism movement is Execution. It was painted in 1995 and is generally regarded as a reaction to the Tiananmen Square crackdown of 1989, as it shows several laughing men in front of an execution squad. The cloned all smiling Minjun self-portraits have become known in the art world as the "Silly Man". As the preparation for his paintings, the artist uses photographs of himself being photographed in various poses. This approach reflects the self-irony of the artist. Yue Minjun is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement, however, the artist does not support such attribution. Nevertheless, Yue often challenges social and cultural conventions by depicting objects and political issues in a radical, abstract, ironic and cynical manner.
Surplus Value (Beige) Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture, Signed
By Yue Minjun
Located in Bristol, GB
Mixed materials (wood & copper) Edition 4 of 75 Signed on the base, and numbered on the base and the accompanying insert card Mint. Small chip on the wooden box bottom back corner, o...
Copper
Surplus Value (Brown) Mixed Media Sculpture, Signed, Edition 4 of 75
By Yue Minjun
Located in Bristol, GB
Mixed materials (wood & copper) Edition 4 of 75 Signed on the base, and numbered on the base and the accompanying insert card Mint. Small chip on the wooden box bottom back corner, o...
Copper
$980
H 8 in W 4 in D 6 in
Desert Wall 002 - Mixed Media Southwest Inspired Figurative Wall Rock Sculpture
By Kevin Perrault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Perrault’s sculptural work exists at the intersection of permanence and play, blending monumentality with quiet intimacy. Working primarily in copper and stone, his figurative ...
Stone, Copper
$45,000
H 52 in W 18 in D 16 in
Linda Stein, Vestment 628 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wood Armor Sculpture
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
Vestment 628 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons such ...
Metal
$1,725
H 16 in W 7 in D 5 in
Astro 015 - Solid Sanded Stone Metal Astronaut Figurative Space Travel Sculpture
By Kevin Perrault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Perrault’s sculptural work exists at the intersection of permanence and play, blending monumentality with quiet intimacy. Working primarily in copper and stone, his figurative ...
Stone, Copper
$1,125
H 10 in W 4 in D 4 in
Secret 003 - Original Mixed Media Figurative Rock Sculpture For Table or Desk
By Kevin Perrault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Perrault’s sculptural work exists at the intersection of permanence and play, blending monumentality with quiet intimacy. Working primarily in copper and stone, his figurative ...
Stone, Copper
$980
H 6 in W 7 in D 6 in
Edge Wall 001 - Original Abstract Mixed Media Figurative Rock Wall Sculpture
By Kevin Perrault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Perrault’s sculptural work exists at the intersection of permanence and play, blending monumentality with quiet intimacy. Working primarily in copper and stone, his figurative ...
Stone, Copper
$45,000
H 51 in W 15 in D 7 in
American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Dreams 531
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...
Stone, Metal
$2,200
H 12 in W 9 in D 7 in
Surf 014 - Original Stone Sculpture Figurative Surfer Beach Rock Tabletop Art
By Kevin Perrault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Perrault’s sculptural work exists at the intersection of permanence and play, blending monumentality with quiet intimacy. Working primarily in copper and stone, his figurative ...
Stone, Copper
$2,450
H 13 in W 7 in D 4 in
Climb 001 - Geode Crystal Open Stone Metal Figurative Rock Climbing Sculpture
By Kevin Perrault
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Perrault’s sculptural work exists at the intersection of permanence and play, blending monumentality with quiet intimacy. Working primarily in copper and stone, his figurative ...
Stone, Copper
$3,800
H 21 in W 61 in
Forte I - modern, brass, copper, stone, nylon, contemporary wall sculpture
By Alice Vander Vennen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Enigmatic and engaging, Alice Vander Vennen’s contemporary compositions always tell a story. Created by hand, this intricately detailed mixed media piece is made from an eclectic ass...
Stone, Copper
$45,000
H 48 in W 12 in D 7 in
American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Triumph 530
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...
Stone, Metal
$45,000
H 48 in W 16 in D 6 in
American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Wishing 557
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...
Stone, Metal
$45,000
H 41 in W 16 in D 5 in
Knight of New Thoughts 667 - Contemporary Mixed Media Wearable Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Knight of New Thoughts 667 is from Linda Stein's Body-Swapping Armor series. These wearable sculptures are ambiguous and androgynous in form, allowing the wearer to explore new and different body and gender incarnations. This artwork was part of Linda Stein's exhibition titled "The Fluidity of Gender", which has traveled to 30 institutions in the US, including the Holter Museum of Art and Noyes Museum of Art. Please note: this work can be displayed hanging...
Metal