This is a painting by Beijing artist Yue Minjun: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/popup?id=4649499 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_Minjun

My friend took this photo of me in front of his painting around the time of the summer of the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the 798 Art Zone His art work usually depicts himself in a state of laughter. No matter what the surrounding troubles entail, his paintings always depict him laughing. There's definitely a social and political message in each of his shifu paintings and really gives people something to think about.