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Zhong Cheng 2024 Autumn Auction「Modern And Contemporary Art」

  • Zhong Cheng 2012 Spring Auction
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    YUE MINJUN (b.1962)

    Jurassic

    2008

    Oil on Canvas
    50×40cm

    Signed yue minjun in English and dated 2008

    Estimate TWD 4,800,000-6,000,000
    USD 162,700-203,400
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 4,720,000
    USD 157,596
    HKD 0

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“I definitely had doubts in the “smile series” and even considered of terminating it. Many said I am replicating myself and the smiling faces no longer have their effects with the change of time. However, I think it’s only the technique and economic surface that is changing; everything else remains the same.” Yue Min Jun. 
“侏儸紀” combined the images of“大笑人” and the dinosaur to skillfully imply the passing of time. Before the end of the dinosaur age, reptiles evolved and survival of the fittest created a balance. It has nothing to do with affections or morals. However, in the prosperous 21st Century, simian still competed within this complex socio-economic system. Smiling faces created the image of the society and revealed an absurd spiritual state of the contemporary society. This sneering sarcasm is the most powerful language post 89. Smiling faces could be cynical but also a hypnotizing desire. It’s like making a wish as though your dream will come true if you look at the smiling face long enough. Yue Min Jun’s homor captured the representation of the era and brought along self-examination and spiritual strength to the viewers. 

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