<b>The first monograph on important Franco-Chinese contemporary artist Yan Pei-Ming,</b>&nbsp;<b>whose work blends Eastern and Western</b>&nbsp;<b>cultural influences.<br></b><br>Yan Pei-Ming is one of the most important figures in&nbsp;contemporary art. His large-scale, monochrome&nbsp;paintings—portraits of politically charged figures&nbsp;such as Mao, Pope John Paul II, Barack Obama, and&nbsp;Vladimir Putin, as well as cultural icons Marilyn&nbsp;Monroe, Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee, and Picasso—&nbsp;are the result of a powerful combination of conceptual&nbsp;rigor and the passionate, dynamic gestures with&nbsp;which he “attacks” the canvas.<br><br>Having grown up in Shanghai during the Chinese&nbsp;Cultural Revolution and resettled in Dijon, France,&nbsp;Ming’s work stands for an entire generation that has&nbsp;experienced and survived the dramatic changes that&nbsp;global geopolitics have undergone since the end of the&nbsp;Cold War. Ming’s art is in the collections of a number&nbsp;of prestigious institutions—including the Centre&nbsp;Georges Pompidou, Honolulu Museum of Art,&nbsp;Museum Ludwig in Cologne, National Museum of&nbsp;Modern Art in Tokyo, National Gallery of Australia,&nbsp;and the Shanghai Art Museum.&nbsp;This significant volume is the first comprehensive&nbsp;book on Ming’s practice and is prepared by the internationally&nbsp;renowned curator Francesco Bonami.