Artist Yue Minjun is the man behind the grinning face concept in Chinese art . His work is deeply affected by the rapid changes in China and started in 1989 . Going too fast would just make people lose balance , and somehow feel being abandoned or isolated , which is not good to the society as a whole , '' he said . His paintings received a world record price for contemporary Chinese art in China .
Artist Yue Minjun is the man behind the grinning face concept in Chinese art . His work is deeply affected by the rapid changes in China and started in 1989 . His paintings received a world record price for contemporary Chinese art in China .