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From the exhibition "Yue Minjun" at Galleri S·E in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 20 – December 9, 2012.
A new work in patinated bronze by Chinese artist Yue Minjun. Installed as part of Vancouver Biennale 2009-2011. A fascinating work, a lot of people were stopping to look and it was certainly bringing out a lot of laughter and giggles.
From the inscription:
"Yue Minjun uses his own iconic face in a state of hysterical laughter as a signature trademark. Recognized universally as a sign of happiness, the 'smile' raises questions of intent and interpretation.
One of the most influential contemporary artists in China, Yue Minjun represents the new wave of Chinese artistic freedom. 'SHI XIANG SHENG' marks Yue Minjun's Canadian debut."
The sculpture, by Chinese artist Yue Minjun. A-maze-ing Laughter consists of 14 enormous bronze statues – in all different poses – of a shirtless guy laughing hysterically.
From the exhibition "Yue Minjun" at Galleri S·E in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 20 – December 9, 2012.
By Yue Minjun (岳敏君)
This is an extremely popular piece in Morton Park, right near where Denman Avenue and Beach Avenue meet. It's always nice to see people having fun and interacting with this piece.
From the exhibition "Yue Minjun" at Galleri S·E in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 20 – December 9, 2012.
Artist : Yue Minjun - China
Location : Morton Park (Triangle), Vancouver
Media : Patinated bronze
In A-maze-ing Laughter Beijing-based artist Yue Minjun depicts his own iconic laughing image, with gaping grins and closed eyes in a state of hysterical laughter. These laughing figures are the signature trademark of the artist. They are not a conventional self-portrait, as they tell us little about the person portrayed or of the reason they are laughing so hysterically. The longer you look at these cast bronze figures, the more the contradiction of the silent, frozen form of sculpture begins to intrude. We see, but do not hear the laughter. The contorted poses of the figure suggest animation and a cartoon form of an anonymous person. The laughter appears to be convulsive, intense, and manic, but also insincere and forced. The scale is "un-naturally" large -exaggerated and excessive like the laughter.
Yue Minjun was a leading figure in what became to be known in the 1990's as Cynical Realism, an artistic movement that emerged in China after the 1989 student demonstrations in Tiananmen and the suppression of artistic expression. Humor, cynicism, repetition and an emphasis on the individual are common characteristics of this artistic movement. Yue Minjun was one of the first artists to translate this new ironic view of contemporary life, one that is expressed in the nihilistic hilarity at a time when little was funny.
For more information visit www.yueminjun.com
From the exhibition "Yue Minjun" at Galleri S·E in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 20 – December 9, 2012.
Artist and sylist Trevor Sand created this temporary art installation of hairdo makeovers for the 14 sculptures of 'A-maze-ing Laughter' by Yue Minjun, part of the Vancouver Biennale's current exhibition.
sculpture, A-Mazing Laughter by Chinese sculptor Yue Minjun.
Vancouver, BC, Canada. Part of the Vancouver Biennale.
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La Braccesca (Antinori) - Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2006.
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At right is a rip-off of a Yue Minjun painting I picked up in Shanghai.
That's Michael at "A-Maze-Ing Laughter", a sculpture by Yue Minjun of China, near Vancouver's English Bay beach.
Vancouver, British Columbia.
From the exhibition "Real Life Stories", showing Chinese contemporary art at the Bergen Kunstmuseum (Bergen Art Museum) in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 4, 2012 – February 3, 2013.
From the exhibition "Yue Minjun" at Galleri S·E in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 20 – December 9, 2012.
Laughing statues by the well known Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun located at Denman and Davie in West End Vancouver
patinated bronze
Yue Minjun uses his own iconic face in a state of hysterical laughter as a signature trademark.
Recognized universally as a sign of happiness, the 'smile' raises questions of intent and interpretation.
One of the most influential contemporary artists in China.
Yue Minjun represents the new wave of Chinese artistic freedom.
'SHI XIANG SHENG' marks Yue Minjun's Canadian debut.
What can I say, yet another shot of one of the funniest, coolest and most unique public art displays I've seen in Vancouver yet!
To learn more about the artist go here: YUEMINJUN
From the exhibition "Yue Minjun" at Galleri S·E in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 20 – December 9, 2012.
One flickr photographer I met there, first viewed me from the 14th floor of a nearby apartment building. This is the first time I've seen myself in 'action' www.flickr.com/photos/danfairchildphotography/3964161294/
Dan Fairchild has some great photo's on his stream
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The sculpture, by Chinese artist Yue Minjun. A-maze-ing Laughter consists of 14 enormous bronze statues – in all different poses – of a shirtless guy laughing hysterically.
From the exhibition "Yue Minjun" at Galleri S·E in Bergen, Norway. Exhibition period: October 20 – December 9, 2012.
These larger-than-life bronze statues have been temporarily installed next to English Bay in Vancouver. They are by Chinese artist Yue Minjun.
Photo taken July 18, 2011.
Den Haag onder de Hemel, 2011
roestvrij staal
stainless steel
In 1962 geboren in Daqing in de provincie Heilongjiang, China
Studeerde aan de afdeling schilderkunst van de Hebei Normal University
Woont en werkt in Beijing
Yue Minjun is een van de sleutelfiguren van de Chinese avant-garde, met name als schilder binnen de beweging van het cynisch realisme die voortkwam uit de ontgoocheling van de neergeslagen demonstraties in 1989. Flexible Latitude (2010) is een enorme figuur van Yue Minjun in de houding van de klassieke koutou. Daarbij knielt en buigt men zo diep dat het hoofd de grond raakt, het hoogste teken van respect en onderwerping voor oudere familieleden, superieuren of de keizer. Hier worden we geconfronteerd met een fysieke reus, maar wel in een kruiperige en slaafse houding, schijnbaar een voorstelling van hoe men zichzelf voor gek kan zetten.
Born 1962 in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China
Studied in the Oil Painting Department of Hebei Normal University
Lives and works in Beijing
Yue Minjun is one of the key figures of the Chinese avant-garde, foremost as a painter of the Cynical Realism movement, which emerged out of the disillusionment after the crushed demonstrations of 1989. Flexible Latitude (2010) is a huge Yue Minjun figure in the posture of the classical kowtow: kneeling and bowing so low that one’s head touches the ground, the highest sign of reverence and submission, may it be for one’s elderly ancestors, superiors or the emperor. Here we are confronted with a physical giant, but yet he is shown in a pose of lackeying and bootlicking, seemingly an image of making a fool of oneself.
One of the A-maze-ing Laughter sculptures by artist Yue Minjun that has been placed in Morton Park at the foot of Davie and Beach in the west end of Vancouver.
A new work in patinated bronze by Chinese artist Yue Minjun. Installed as part of Vancouver Biennale 2009-2011. A fascinating work, a lot of people were stopping to look and it was certainly bringing out a lot of laughter and giggles.
From the inscription:
"Yue Minjun uses his own iconic face in a state of hysterical laughter as a signature trademark. Recognized universally as a sign of happiness, the 'smile' raises questions of intent and interpretation.
One of the most influential contemporary artists in China, Yue Minjun represents the new wave of Chinese artistic freedom. 'SHI XIANG SHENG' marks Yue Minjun's Canadian debut."
Laughing statues by the well known Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun located at Denman and Davie in West End Vancouver
Preparations for the yearly sculpture exhibition on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague. This year houses a variety of Chinese sculptures.
Detail of "A-maze-ing Laughter" -- a 2009 bronze sculpture by Yue Minjun, located in Morton Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Taken by Ricoh GRD IV
Contemporary Chinese artist Mr. Yue depicts laughing faces of a Chinese male to express his pathetic views towards the different sorrow and insanity, also the social system without individual freedom which also suppressed individual characteristics. Everything is going to be alike but we could hardly do anything to make a change, all we could do is merely laughing, laughing without consciousness.
"「人生的痛苦、社會的折磨成了我一直畫笑的理由和動力。」中國當代藝術大師岳敏君就是以這種痛苦、沉重的心理狀態，畫出蜚聲國際的儍笑人，「想用喜劇表達悲劇」。對於近日釣魚島事件，他直指是不可避免，「當然我都希望改變，但無力改變，只能用笑來面對。」.....作品中一個又一個重複的標準笑臉，也是岳敏君在思考歷史過後的結果，「我想表達的是不幸。」他解釋指，馬克斯批評資本主義會令人變成機器，每個人都一樣，但一個為反資本主義而生的政權，卻使人民喪失人性，失去個人自由，亦變成機器，「無論是哪一個，都擺脫不了被異化的結果。」他就畫出一樣的笑臉來表達這結果。"---星島日報 2012-09-26