Louvre Museum presents Yan Pei-Ming's "The Funeral of Mona Lisa" |
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| Sunday, 15 February 2009 02:14 |
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The Louvre wants to bring contemporary art face-to-face with the masterpieces of old. The exhibition features five works. In the center is the large grey Mona Lisa, framed by two images that portray grey clouds dotted with images of skulls modeled on scans of the painter's head. A portrait of Yan’s father and a self-portrait in a death-like pose are placed at the far ends.  Artist Yan Pei-Ming stated the works were "a homage and a funeral" for Mona Lisa. The exhibition will be on view through May 18. Yan Pei-Ming grew up in Shanghai and moved to France in 1982. His most famous paintings are over-dimensioned Mao portraits worked out in fast, thick brush strokes of only a few colours, usually black and white or red and white. Hence, his canvas appears to be abstract close up, but the motif becomes more and more evident with distance. Yan Pei Ming's artworks include other enormous portraits of important figures such as Buddha or Bruce Lee as well as auto portraits. His last painting's model was the French Prime minister Dominique de Villepin, and was exhibited at the Gran Palais in spring 2006. Yan Pei-Ming lives and works in Dijon. Visit The Louvre Museum at : http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en Click on logo below to add this article to your favorite Social Website ~ |
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