Untitled (Smile-ism No. 5)
Lithograph in colors on paper with deckle edges
Literature: 'Untitled No. 5' hails from the 'Smile-ism' series and is largely descriptive of the artist’s visual strategy that frequently employs a figure of a laughing man. Often basing his compositions on well-known European masterpieces and iconic Chinese art, Yue Minjun subverts the grandiosity of art history through his adaptation of Pop aesthetics. Using both the exaggerated expressiveness of cartooning and the stylistic rendering of graphic illustration, Yue Minjun depicts his doppelgänger as contorted and grotesque, with scalded pink skin and a maniacally toothy smile.
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signature info: Signed and numbered on recto
Dimension notes: 43 x 31 in (109.22 x 78.74 cm)
Edition: Edition of 45
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Lithograph in colors on paper with deckle edges
Literature: 'Untitled No. 5' hails from the 'Smile-ism' series and is largely descriptive of the artist’s visual strategy that frequently employs a figure of a laughing man. Often basing his compositions on well-known European masterpieces and iconic Chinese art, Yue Minjun subverts the grandiosity of art history through his adaptation of Pop aesthetics. Using both the exaggerated expressiveness of cartooning and the stylistic rendering of graphic illustration, Yue Minjun depicts his doppelgänger as contorted and grotesque, with scalded pink skin and a maniacally toothy smile.
Dimensions: Dimensions N/A
signature info: Signed and numbered on recto
Dimension notes: 43 x 31 in (109.22 x 78.74 cm)
Edition: Edition of 45
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