Who inspired Yue Minjun?

Geng Jianyi
In the 1980s, he started painting portraits of his co-workers and the sea while he was engaged in deep-sea oil drilling. In 1989, he was inspired by a painting by Geng Jianyi at an art show in Beijing, which depicted Geng’s own laughing face.

Where was Yue Minjun born?

Daqing, China
Yue Minjun/Place of birth
Born in 1962 in Daqing, China, Yue Minjun lives and works in Beijing. An iconic figure in contemporary art, he is the best known member of China’s cynical realism movement.

What is Yue Minjun known for?

Painting
Installation artSculpture
Yue Minjun/Known for

Who is the famous painters in Chinese painting?

Huang Gongwang is the earliest and the most famous of the Four Masters. He is now regarded as the perfect literati (ink wash painting) painter. His work ‘Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains’ is considered as one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese art.

What is trending in art?

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What is Chinese contemporary art?

Most narratives of Chinese Contemporary Art start from the end of the Cultural Revolution. At the turn of the 20th century, under continuous military, economic, and cultural pressures from the West, Chinese intellectuals and artists began to seek help from the modern world to revive their weakening tradition.