Yue Minjun Tang Contemporary Art Flowers Paintings

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《百合花》布上油画 200x250cm 2021年 Lilium, Oil on Canvas, 200x250cm, 2021.

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《吊灯扶桑》布上油画 70x90cm 2021年 Hibiscus Schizopetalus, Oil on Canvas 70x90cm 2021.

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《夏日花园》布上油画 250X200cm 2019年 Summer Garden, Oil on Canvas, 2019.

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《别光》布上油画 60x50cm 2020年 Away from Light, Oil on Canvas 60x50cm 2020.

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《玫瑰花》布上油画 150X120cm 2020年《rose》Oil on Canvas 150X120cm 2020.

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《荒水》布上油画 150x180cm 2021年 Strandard, Oil on canvas, 150x180 cm, 2021.

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《芙蓉葵》布上油画 200x250cm 2021年Hibiscus Moscheutos, Oil on canvas, 200x250 cm, 2021.

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《拳头花》布面油画 170X140cm 2020年《The flower of the fist》Oil on Canvas 170X140cm 2020.

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After a 10-year hiatus, Yue Minjun is set to unveil a new solo exhibition titled “Smile at the Flower Sermon.” Housed at Tang Contemporary Art, the acclaimed Chinese artist presents his iconic Laughter series alongside a new suite of paintings that bloom with a floral twist.

Mijun was inspired to explore the symbolism of flowers back in 2020, when he was living in Chuncheng in the southwestern province of Yunnan. The flowers of the city provided the artist a refreshing counterpoint to the gloominess ushered in by the pandemic. Amongst the 20 new paintings, many of them either feature or replace his emblematic smiling faces with seductively deceptive flowers. Deceptive, in the sense that Minjun sees these elements as merely decorative, where there is an awareness that the truth of his subjects are hidden.

As a result, each composition presents the viewer with a mystery. What are the flowers actually concealing? What have we lost? Discover for yourself as “Smile at the Flower Sermon” goes on view at Tang Contemporary Art from March 24 to April 30.

Elsewhere in art, Mark Whalen sculpts the quirkiness of life in Lucky Charm.

Tang Contemporary Art
10/F, H Queen’s,
80 Queen’s Road Central,
Hong Kong

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