Yue Minjun

The artist.

Yue Minjun is one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists creating today. Yue Minjun is in the permanent collections of the SFMoma, Denver Art Museum, The Culture Centre of Francois Mitterrand, Busan Museum of Art, Guangdong Museum of Art, Shenzhen Art Museum, among others.

TIME magazine described Yue Minjun: "If you think China has a close relationship with the current and future status of the world, then this is the man to paint China."

Human #1 is the grail piece of Yue Minjun’s Human collection. This piece marks a historic intersection between fine art and digital innovation as Minjun introduces his renowned compositions to the Bitcoin Ordinals space with Human. 

Human is the first Fine Art Ordinals collection by an established contemporary artist. Yue Minjun is a global contemporary art icon who has revolutionized traditional art since the 1980s and now brings his unique vision to Bitcoin.

This unique artwork features Yue Minjun’s iconic laughing figure, first seen in his painting Free at Leisure No. 11, with a Bird trait from his Silly Bird series. Human #1 exemplifies Minjun’s masterful use of vibrant colors and surreal imagery, merging traditional Chinese artistic techniques with contemporary themes.

Renowned for his distinctive "laughing men" portraits and reinterpretations of key historical events, Yue Minjun's work continues to captivate and challenge audiences worldwide. This piece marks a historic intersection between fine art and digital innovation as Minjun introduces his renowned compositions to the Bitcoin Ordinals space.