Yue Minjun (Chinese: 岳敏君; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolour and prints.

Yue Minjun is a contemporary Chinese artist known for his inventive take on self-portraiture. View Yue Minjun’s 1,310 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and sculpture for sale and learn about the artist.

岳敏君是85思潮时代的青年艺术工作者。 当年那代人中出了很多优秀艺术家，比如徐芒耀等。 很多艺评家认为，岳敏君的艺术风格非常出色，用强烈的色彩和夸张的形象重复绘制一个张着大嘴表情空洞无情的大笑之人，标志着当代社会普遍丧失信仰而失去价值观支撑，呈现出一种社会性精神空虚的生存状态，造成一种强大的视觉冲击效果。 按照岳敏君前辈自己的说法，他是在从事单纯地追求艺术，对名利无所求，而他的“笑脸系列”则是可以表现当代人头脑空白、思维贫瘠的现状 …

2012年12月14日 · Yue Minjun Studio 目前在北京生活的岳敏君最出名的作品是以自己的笑脸为题的大幅油画，作为中国当代艺术界的重要人物，他用这种极为怪异的美学取得了巨大的商业成功。

2024年5月15日 · Yue Minjun is a Chinese contemporary artist famed for his distinctive style that blends satire, humor, and introspection. Born in 1962, Yue has become synonymous with images of his own face captured in a state of hysterical laughter—a motif that recurs across his oil paintings, sculptures, and prints.

2024年7月29日 · Yue Minjun, a prominent figure in contemporary Chinese art, is renowned for his distinctive paintings featuring smiling, often laughing, self-portraits. His work has captivated audiences worldwide, prompting both admiration and contemplation.

In fantastical paintings populated with heightened, hysterical self-portraits, Yue Minjun satirizes contemporary society and art historical tropes. Yue paints himself in fluorescent hues with a gaping grin. He occasionally multiplies his likeness, … Discover and purchase Yue Minjun’s artworks, available for sale.

Yue Minjun is a Chinese contemporary painter and sculptor born in Daqing, China, in 1962. Yue started taking drawing lessons at age ten and showed a talent for art. After graduating high school in 1980, Yue worked as an electrician before moving to an oil rig off Tianjin.

Yue Minjun (Chinese, b.1962) is a contemporary artist best known for his oil portraits portraying his own laughing figure. Born in the Heilongjian Province, Yue worked in the oil industry until the events of the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising encouraged him to …

Minjun’s toothy faces have been likened to the expansive smiles of fashion models or faces in a toothpaste commercial but, although they have their origins in advertising and are based upon a knowledge of western pop art, Yue Minjun draws upon the Christian iconography of the Renaissance as well as that of Chinese folklore.