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Uploaded by on Oct 21, 2009

Frozen in Laughter
Contemporary Chinese art by Yue Minjun
(Free and at Leisure series)

Yue Minjun is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China.
Born in the province of Heilongjiang in 1962.
Minjun is best known for his oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter.
He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolor and prints.
While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese - Cinical Realist - movement in art developed in China since 1989.
Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time doesn't concern himself about what people call him.
Yue Minjun's work called Execution became the most expensive work ever by a Chinese contemporary artist, when sold in 2007 for 2.9 million pounds at London's Sotheby.
And a record sale for Massacre of Chios (Eugene Delacroix) took place at the Hong Kong Sotheby's.
The show called Yue Minjun and the symbolic smile, ran from October 2007 to January 2008 at the Queens museum of art, New York.
Yue Minjun's A-mazing laughter installation is placed in English bay, Vancouver, Canada.
This installation is an arrangement of laughing figures that became a great public attraction.

Found the song called "All good Things"
by the Ying Yang twins a good combination
to the images.
Hope it won't be silenced...

link to artnet - guy smiley - by Ben Davis
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis11-12-07.asp#

link to Yue Minjun http://www.yueminjun.com/

link to saatchi online http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/yue_minjun.htm

linkt to the Ying Yang twins http://www.myspace.com/yingyangtwins

link to the lyrics of All good Things http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/yingyangtwins/allgoodthingsintro.html

link to playlist of Yue Minjun http://www.youtube.com/user/meesterschilders#grid/user/6C3853013CB00179

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  • 哈哈 (The sound of Chinese laughter!) Thanks, really cool!

  • 創造性的回答我的朋友

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  • it sucks when you try to find this those fucking whack ying yang twins crunk shit comes up

  • Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!! I think that is one of my favorites!!!!! I like the order, the concept, the music and the end! Such a CONCEPTUAL /VISUAL creation Chris!

    xo, lori

  • It was really interesting to see Chinese contemporary art. Thanks, Chris!

  • Fantastic paintings Yue Minjun, great video. 5*****

  • Chris,

    Absolutely FABULOUS, I just love this.

    YOUR video is SUPER as usual.

    Thank you so much. Here is my smile for you :-D not as good as Minjuns I'm afraid.

  • CHRIS,ME ENCANTAN TUS VIDEOS SON SIEMPRE MUY ORIGINALES EN SU PRESENTACION,5*

    Buen fin de semana.

    Isabel.

  • Great!Thank you for sharing.

  • very nice video!

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