One of the most important and influential artists in China, Yu Youhan’s artistic practice dates back to the 1970s, while the 1980s is widely considered the beginning of Chinese contemporary art. As a leading pioneer of Chinese abstract painting and political pop movement, Yu's oeuvre combines multiple perspectives, investigating the structure ...

2023年12月15日 · Yu Youhan, trailblazer of the Political Pop movement in China, has died. He was eighty years old. A leading influence on the wider Chinese contemporary art scene, Yu’s abstract and political pop paintings interrogated China’s cultural identity and experimented with diverse styles informed by global practices.

As a leading pioneer of Chinese abstract painting and political pop movement, Yu's oeuvre combines multiple perspectives, investigating the structure of cultural identity in China through various pictorial techniques. His paintings—ubiquitous yet intriguing—has had a major impact on the art scene, and inspired a younger generation of artists.

2023年12月19日 · On the evening of December 13, ShangART Gallery announced via Instagram that Yu Youhan, the Chinese abstractionist-turned-pop artist, passed away at age 80. Known for blending Western art movements with Chinese philosophy and iconography, Yu was a pioneering painter in China’s burgeoning contemporary art scene.

Chinese Pop, Galerie Navarra, Paris, France. Chine, le corps partout? (China, the body everywhere?), Museum of Contemporary Art, Marseilles, France.

余友涵 Yu Youhan 1943–2023，上海 余友涵（1943年生於上海，2023年卒於上海），1970年於中央工藝美術學院畢業，他的繪畫作品展示「政治波普」的美學風格，融匯中國意象與西方的藝術表現形式，瓦解及重構多元文化環境下迂迴的歷史過程。

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2017年12月4日 · Yu Youhan, now aged 75, has been a revered figure in the development of contemporary Chinese painting since the heyday of China’s avant-garde.

YU Youhan is one of the main artists associated with “Political Pop” aesthetics which emerged in the avant-garde movement in the 1990’s, this unique style fused Chinese iconography with Western artistic expression. His work has had a major impact on the cultural scene as well as influenced and inspired a generation of younger artists.