Yue Minjun is a contemporary Chinese artist who was born in 1962 in Daqing City, China. He is most famous for his self portraits where he draws himself with a unique smile, always laughing. While many people categorize his art with cynical realism he disagrees with this classification and claims his art is unique and doesn’t fit under any current style. Going to art school in the 80s, he witnessed the changes that were going on in China leading up to Tiananmen Square. He used his art to represent the changes going on throughout China in the following years. He has also done a collaboration with the artist KAWS where they made a figure inspired by Yue’s art.