1. Yue Minjun

3. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laugher. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolor and prints. Yue is often classified as the Chinese "Cynical Realist”. One of the most famous modern-art artist in China Mainland.

4. Bio Born in 1962, Daqing, China Family was working on an oilfield when he was young, also he taught art in oil school for a short time. Works and lives in Beijing. Famous for the self-portrait series: A-maze-ing Laughter A self-ironic response to the spiritual vacuum and folly of modern-day China.

5. Untitled 2005

6. Floating 2007

7. Back Yard Garden 2010

8. blue sky and white clouds

9. 2013 Vancouver

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13. “If you are faced with a situation you cannot change, then laughter may be the only possible reaction,” he says. “But if many people start laughing, it can become a proactive force for change.”

14. “My work is to do with the fundamental agony of being human and the sense of confusion that comes with living in our society. I want people to look at my art and then pause for reflection as they look for luxury handbags.”