46. Yue Min Yun

46. Yue Minjun

ARTWORKS

Untitled, 2005
Oil on canvas
220.3 x 200 cm

Swan, 1997
 oil on canvas
138.43 cm x 107.32 cm

BIO & STEPS

Born:  

In 1962 in Heilongjiang, China

Studies: 

            Between 1985 and 1989 studies oil painting at Hebei University, China

Nowadays...
             Lives and works in China

Themes: 

            Classified as “Cynical Realism” over his own image.

Techniques:   

            Sculpture and Painting ( oil, watercolour)

First Exhibition:

            "S" Art Exhibition, Hebei Museum, Shijiazhuang, China

Public Collections:

CP Art Foundation, Indonesia

Cheng Du Shang He Museum, China

Chen Yang Dong Yu Art Museum, China

Guang Dong Art Museum, China

Shen Zhen Art Museum, China

Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, America

Museum of Architecture, Chicago, America

Denver Art Museum, America

Francois. Mitterrand Cultural Center, France

Busan Museum of Art, Korea

Arario Galleries, Korea

Union University Art Museum, Singapore

  Galleries:

1993, Bellef Gallery, Paris, France.

1994, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong

1994, Shoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong

1995, Pacific City Club,Bangkok, Thailand

1997, Klaus Littmann Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

1998, Forbidden City & Tai Miao,Beijing, China

Other Exhibitions:  (Europe, America and Asia)

2012 YIRONGLIANGJIANG, Yang Zi modern Art Center, Chong Qing, China

2011 Yue Minjun: Road, Peisi, Beijing, China

2009 Archaeological discoveries of the year 3009, Daily Museum, Beijing, China

2007 Yue Minjun: Iconic Smile, Queens Museum of Art, NY, U.S.A.

2006 Rework Series, Enrico Navarra gallery, France

2004 Sculpture and Painting Exhibition, Shao Li Gallery, Hong Kong

2004 The Dream of Dragon, Ireland Modern Art Museum

2004 Shang Hai Art Show 2004, Shang Hai, China

2004 KuangChou Art Show 2004, Corea

2004 Dune Sculpture, Enrico Navarra gallery, France

2004 Han Yaxuan 20th Anniversary Show, Hong Kong Art Center

2004 Figure-China, Marseille Contemporary Art Museum, France

2003 Arts From China, Edwin Gallery & National Gallery in Jakarta, Indonesia

2003 Yue Minjun, Meile Gallery, Switzerland

2003 Irony in Beijing, Prüss & Ochs gallery, Berlin, German

2002 Bath in The Giggle, Soobin, Singapore

2002 Rework, Shi Fang Art Center, China

2000 The Red Sea, Chinese contemporary art gallery in London, UK

1999 Open Boundary: the 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

           Transparence, opacité -14 Chinese Contemporary Artists, France and Italy

In his Own words...

“I consider my paintings as tragic and painful expressions, and I can even say that they are all scenes of combat,” he discloses. “But we can’t always express things too directly, so I think that we can express ourselves through laughter. In this way, we have the feeling that there is always joy. In other words, I express painful emotions in a comical style. This type of expression is preferable because, on one hand, joy is an acceptable feeling for everyone but, on the other hand, when we look at my paintings for long enough, we feel that they are expressions of sadness or pain.”

Want more information? See 
www.yueminjun.com

http://yueminjun.artron.net/about#year
http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/yue_minjun.htm

http://www.forbes.com/sites/yjeanmundelsalle/2014/11/07/behind-internationally-renowned-chinese-artist-yue-minjuns-hysterical-laughter/

En Español:

http://www.abc.es/cultura/20141104/abci-entrevista-minjun-201411011917.html

http://www.alejandradeargos.com/index.php/es/completas/9-invitados-con-arte/342-entrevista-a-yue-minjun

2. FRANCIS ALŸS

2. FRANCIS ALŸS

Untitled (series for The Modern Procession, June 23, 2002, New York City) 2002

"Stockholm"
Oil on Gelatin
24,4x16,2 cm
(1997)

"Untitled"
25'5x37.8
2002

BIO & STEPS

Born:  

1959, Amberes, Belgium

Studies: 

            Between 1978 and 1983: studied architectural history at the Institute of Architecture, Tournai, Belgium

            Between  1983 and 1986: Engineering at the Istituto di Architettura, Venice (1983–6)

In 1986 he moved to Mexico: French assistance program after an earthquake to fulfill his Belgian civil-service requirement

Nowadays…

            Lives and works in Mexico DC

Themes: 

            Society, Inmigration, People

           

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Techniques:   

            Alÿs work encompasses many media often involving the participation and presence of the artist. These performed events are documented in video (Performance), photographs, writing, painting, and animation.

Galleries

Alÿs is represented by David Zwirner in New York and Galerie Peter Kilchmann in Zurich.

 Exhibitions:

2015

Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) - Fundación Costantini in Buenos Aires – “A Story of Negotiation”, featuring the artist's three projects Don't Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River, Tornado, and REEL-UNREEL, will be hosted by (on view November , 2015 through February 15, 2016).

2014,

 Alÿs's recent video REEL-UNREEL, which depicts a street game played by local children in Kabul, Afghanistan, was on view alongside related drawings, paintings, and research materials at Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina Napoli, Naples. The exhibition traveled later in the year to the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw. REEL-UNREEL was produced in 2012 for documenta 13, where a selection of paintings was installed in a former bakery in Kassel's city center and the video was screened at a satellite venue in Kabul.

Beirut Art Center in 2012- He was part of the “Revolution vs Revolution” exhibition that took place at the

Wiels (2010–2011)

Tate Modern, London (2010),

The AiM Biennale (Arts in Marrakech International Biennale)

The Renaissance Society, Chicago (2008),

 The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2007)

Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany

MALBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

MALi, Lima

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

Musée d'Art Contemporain, Avignon, France (2004)

Centro nazionale per le arti contemporanee, Rome, Italy [traveled to Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid] (all 2003)

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2002, 2011)

Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (1998)

His traveling show of portraits of the Saint Fabiola has traveled to London, New York,Perú and LAMCA

Alÿs participated in the Venice Biennial in 1999, 2001 and 2007, and the Carnegie International in 2004.

Group exhibitions:

In his Own words...

“There are certain things you cannot express but through a painting. Painting enjoys a certain advantage. Some people would rather look at a painting than a photograph, or give more time to it. That possibly gives you a stronger contact point with the public. Also, because the images are figurative, they’re more straightforward. I use painting in a very traditional way. It’s a very good mental space for me. I think the multiplicity of media sometimes has kept me from being cornered into one specific audience. I know that if I would I’d be isolated within a very strict contemporary art world circle.”

For more Information:

http://francisalys.com/

En Español:

http://www.sopitas.com/462101-el-gran-francis-alys-explicado-en-tres-de-sus-obras/

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs

http://museotamayo.org/exposiciones/ver/relato-de-una-negociacion-pintura-y-accion-en-la-obra-de-francis-alys