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
$45,000
H 52 in W 18 in D 16 in
Linda Stein, Vestment 628 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wood Armor Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
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Metal
$1,725
H 16 in W 7 in D 5 in
Astro 015 - Solid Sanded Stone Metal Astronaut Figurative Space Travel Sculpture
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
$35,000
H 58 in W 19 in D 15 in
American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Country Knight 643
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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...
Metal
$1,125
H 10 in W 4 in D 4 in
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Stone, Copper
$48,000
H 73 in W 26 in D 19 in
Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture Warrior Waging Peace 1284
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Metal
$52,000
H 53.5 in W 18 in D 8.5 in
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Located in New York, NY
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Stone, Metal
$2,450
H 13 in W 7 in D 4 in
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Stone, Copper
$2,200
H 12 in W 9 in D 7 in
Surf 014 - Original Stone Sculpture Figurative Surfer Beach Rock Tabletop Art
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Stone, Copper
$45,000
H 51 in W 15 in D 7 in
American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Dreams 531
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Stone, Metal
$48,000
H 52 in W 20.5 in D 5.5 in
Linda Stein, Beige Rarity 1295 - Contemporary Wood Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series in 2002 after being forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein's Knights are shield-like forms ...
Stone, Metal
$48,000
H 70 in W 24 in D 21 in
Feminist Figurative Mixed Media Contemporary Sculpture Warrior Waging Peace 1285
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Metal
$45,000
H 48 in W 12 in D 7 in
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Located in New York, NY
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Stone, Metal