Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Join us for an exclusive screening of the feature length film documentary, Yan Pei-Ming: Face to Face on the final Free Third Thursday before the closing of the exhibition, Yan Pei Ming: A Burial in Shanghai. The audio of this film is in French with translated closed captioning on screen in English.

Seating is first come first serve in our Film & Video Gallery located on our –3 level.

About The Film

Red guard during the Cultural Revolution in China, Yan Pei-Ming was at one time a painter for Maoist propaganda before coming to France to study at the school of Fine Arts. He has became a major figure in the contemporary art world.

A classical and academic painter, Yan has revisited many different styles, drawing inspiration from the great masters. His work includes a Mona Lisa tryptic, some erotic paintings, and even portraits of Marylin Monroe, Prince Charles, and Jacques Chirac. After the Louvre, his work is going to be added to the collections of the Petit Palais and the Musée d’Orsay, hanging besides other great masters. This film showcases his consecration–Ming is a star.
 

YAN PEI-MING: FACE TO FACE

a film by Michel Quinejure

produced by Premières Lignes and Pendant ce temps là

France - 2019 - Running Time 52 min