Yue Minjun
L’Ombre du fou rire
November 14, 2012–March 17, 2013
Opening: Wednesday 14, 11–8pm
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
261, boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris
Hours: Daily except Monday, 11–8pm
Tuesday until 10pm
From November 14, 2012 to March 17, 2013, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain will present the first major European exhibition dedicated to the Chinese artist Yue Minjun, a unique opportunity to discover the work of an artist who, in spite of his international renown, continues to maintain a relatively low profile. Yue Minjun’s paintings, with their colorful iconography, peopled by enigmatically laughing characters, reinvent the grotesque and its codes, while expressing an ironic and disillusioned vision of the social situation in contemporary China, as well as of the human condition in the modern world. Featuring nearly 40 paintings from collections around the world, as well as a wide array of drawings that have never been shown to the general public, this exhibition will reveal the singular and complex aesthetic of an oeuvre that defies all interpretation.
Access
Metro: Raspail or Denfert-Rochereau (lines 4 and 6)
Bus: 38, 68, 88, 91
RER: Denfert-Rochereau (line B)
Vélib’ and disabled parking at 2, rue Victor Schoelcher
Nomadic Nights
Information and reservations daily, except Mondays, from 11–8pm
fondation.cartier.com/nomadicnights
T +33 (0)1 42 18 56 72
