Art Experience Assignment

Before knowledge of artist

I looked at a piece by Yue Minjun a chinese artist, it was untitled. It was of five chinese men who were in their underwear with their eyes closed tightly and a huge smile on their faces. They had party hats on and were making hand signals like ones used by rockers. The expression on their faces by the smiles makes me think that the artist is trying to stereotype these chinese men. For we know the typical stereotype of chinese as having this type of expression on their faces. I think the artist is trying to poke fun at his people through his artistic ability. It is quite amusing. 

After knowledge of artist

The artist tends to make pieces that humor his audience by drawing things such as the laughing Buddha or well known European masterpieces and iconic chinese art. He likes present art history through his adaptation of popular aesthetics. He does this through exaggerated cartooning and  his graphic illustration. I would have to keep to my original response except for the fact that he used a famous piece of the laughing Buddha which I had no knowledge of, but the way in which he does his work is pretty much the same as a I predicted.