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Title: Yue Minjun: Soaking in Silly Laughter
Description: Soobin Art Gallery, 2002. Paperback. As new large format slender softcover exhibition catalog. This is the catalogue for the exhibition of one of the leading exponents of the Cynical Art Movement in China - Yue Minjun. As told by Zhang Qing in the accompanying essay, the initial thinking behind Yue's creations of figures with the same laughing face is this: 'Life has been rendered completely tasteless even to the point of absurdity by icons, do I not sneer back at icons and laugh heartily at them. My motive is merely to desecrate icons with icons so that society be more interesting.'. Artist biography is included. Text in English and Chinese. Please email for photos.. New .

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Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Griffin Books
- Book number: 75121