Yue Minjun 岳敏君
born 1962, Heilongjiang
works Beijing
works Beijing
Yue Minjun (born 1962, Daqing) graduated from Heibei Normal University in 1989. He is a major figure of the Cynical Realism movement, known for his iconic ‘laughing man’. This image illustrates the irony and boredom of Chinese society during the rise of consumerism and economic reform in the early 1990s. Yue lives and works in Beijing.
Works by Yue Minjun include Painting, Installation, Sculpture and Print.
There are 7 objects by Yue Minjun from the M+ Sigg Collection available online.
There are 7 objects by Yue Minjun from the M+ Sigg Collection available online.