Yue Minjun

Amagama kaKatie Farley

Ukuphila esikhathini sokungacaci kwezombusazwe namasiko, ngandlela-thile kuyaqabula ukubona umuntu onenhliziyo elula, i-limi-in-cheek zeitgeist evela kumdwebi obuhle bayo obuyibalekelayo iqiniso lethu lamanje elingaxakile. Ukusebenzisa umoya ohlekisayo ngokushesha futhi othathelanayo ngokubonakalayo, Imidwebo kawoyela ka-Yue Minjun ithwebula umdwebi ngokwakhe endaweni ebanzi, lapho abonakala emile khona, esimweni sokuhleka okungenangqondo.

Lesi sithombe esihlekisayo siwukubonakaliswa kwesenzo sesiginesha sobuciko sikaMinjun esiphinde saklanywa ngendlela yokuqala ehlanganisa nezithombe eziqoshiwe., ama-watercolor, kanye namaphrinti. Ngaphandle kokuthi umculi evame ukubizwa ngokuthi 'Cynical Realism', okuyinhlangano yobuciko baseShayina, akasinaki lesi sihloko futhi kunalokho uyaqinisekisa ukuthi akakhathazeki nakancane ngokuthi abantu bakhetha ukumbiza ngani.

Imidwebo yakhe yobuciko iveza ukuzigcona futhi ikhumbula ukugconwa komphakathi, lapho ezikhulula khona yena nemizwelo yakhe yangaphakathi ngezifundo zakhe ezibonisa ukukhuluma okuyihaba. Okunye okugqugquzelwe uphenyo lwefilosofi kanye nokuzindla ngobukhona, Izithombe zika-Minjun zibheka emifanekisweni ka-Buddha Ohlekayo kanye nokumamatheka okuhlanyayo okunegebe kuka-Alfred E.. Newman. Isazi semfundiso-nkolo u-Li Xianting sichaza izithombe zomdwebi ngokuthi "impendulo yokuziphendulela endaweni engenalutho engokomoya kanye nobuwula be-China yanamuhla."

U-Yue Minjun ugxilisa izingoma zakhe emisebenzini yobuciko esungulwe yaseYurophu kanye nomsebenzi wobuciko waseShayina oyisakhiwo sodumo, lapho abese ebukela phansi umbono omangalisayo womlando wobuciko phakathi kwenguqulo yakhe yezithombe ze-pop. Lezi zinhlamvu eziphindaphindeka kabili zihlanekezelwe futhi ngandlela thize ziyi-surreal, konke kuhlotshiswe esikhumbeni esiphinki futhi kuyinkomba yokuqoshwa kwekhathuni kanye nokusetshenziswa kwesitayela komdwebo oyingcaca.

Uzalelwe 1962 eDaqing, Isifundazwe sase-Heilongjiang, China, umculi uhlala futhi usebenza e-Beijing. Ukuzimela kwakhe okumangalisayo kubheka izitayela ezijwayelekile ze-Pop Art kanye ne-Surrealism, iqoqo elihlakaniphile lezinhlobo zobuciko eziphakamisa ngokungagwemeki ukuthi lobu ubuciko bekhulu lama-21 ngendlela engcono kakhulu.