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Man Ripping Off His Face Painting refers to the 2001 painting titled Face-Off by Chinese artist Xue Jiye, which depicts a naked man sitting on the floor tearing off his face with his hands and screaming. Online, the painting has been adopted as a reaction image, typically used to convey feelings of anguish, frustration and awkwardness.

Origin

In 2001, Chinese artist Xue Jiye painted Face-Off (originally untitled), an oil-on-canvas painting depicting a naked man sitting in a corner tearing his face off with his hands and screaming (seen below). On January 31st, 2021, Xue Jiye uploaded the painting to his official Instagram[1] account, garnering over 3,500 likes in roughly three years.

On September 18th, 2013, Tumblr[2] user Pixography posted the painting, with the post gaining over 2,400 likes and reblogs in 11 years.

On July 22nd, 2015, X[3] / Twitter user @nrlswirl used Face-Off, along with two other thematically similar paintings by Xue Jiye, in a caption meme, which is the earliest found use of the painting in a meme (shown below). The post gained just six retweets and 30 likes in nine years.

Fartniss Stinkybean @nrlswirl My boss added me on facebook 11:03 PM ⚫ Jul 22, 2015 .

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On October 8th, 2020, X[4] user @PainxPiss posted the earliest found viral meme using the picture, a How It Started / How It's Going meme that gained over 38,000 reposts and 210,000 likes in four years (shown below).

Rich Dragon FortySstax @PainxPiss How it started How it's going 6:23 PM Oct 8, 2020 • :

On December 4th, YouTuber Shoe0nHead used the image as a reaction to videos about actor Elliot Page's transition, with the post (shown below) gaining over 5,300 reposts and 94,000 likes on X[5] in four years.

0 shoe @shoeonhead Actress Ellen Page Declares She is a well uh we did it we lost another lesbian Ellen Page Comes Out As Trans: Now Elliot 10:17 PM ⚫ Dec 4, 2020 12:11 9:17 The Left's WAR ON WOMEN & The 'New' Elliot Page LEn 262

On December 20th, 2020, Redditor boobioboobs combined the image with a snippet of a Bloomberg Wealth article about tax cuts for the rich. The post gained over 290 upvotes in the /r/catsaysmao[6] subreddit in four years and was widely circulated through reposts on X[7] and Tumblr.[8]

The image saw increased presence as a reaction and a caption format in 2024, with multiple posts based on it going viral on X / Twitter.

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Marul 18 @MarulArt the urge to put motivational bible verses over hyper muscular furry art 11:15 PM - Jul 23, 2024 13.9K Views

bree @yummybeefcakee how it feels to hyperfixate over a piece of media that has no new content and has a dead fandom 9:29 AM Jul 10, 2024 18K Views
80 LTYE @LTYE02 How it feels to have a cool idea in your head but your artistic skills are dogshit 12:31 PM Jul 8, 2024 3.7M Views

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[1] Instagram – xuejiye66

[2] Tumblr – pixography

[3] X – @nrlswirl

[4] X – @PainxPiss

[5] X – @shoe0nhead

[6] Reddit – Oh really?

[7] X – @SocDoneLeft

[8] Tumblr – depsidase



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About

Man Ripping Off His Face Painting refers to the 2001 painting titled Face-Off by Chinese artist Xue Jiye, which depicts a naked man sitting on the floor tearing off his face with his hands and screaming. Online, the painting has been adopted as a reaction image, typically used to convey feelings of anguish, frustration and awkwardness.

Origin

In 2001, Chinese artist Xue Jiye painted Face-Off (originally untitled), an oil-on-canvas painting depicting a naked man sitting in a corner tearing his face off with his hands and screaming (seen below). On January 31st, 2021, Xue Jiye uploaded the painting to his official Instagram[1] account, garnering over 3,500 likes in roughly three years.



On September 18th, 2013, Tumblr[2] user Pixography posted the painting, with the post gaining over 2,400 likes and reblogs in 11 years.

On July 22nd, 2015, X[3] / Twitter user @nrlswirl used Face-Off, along with two other thematically similar paintings by Xue Jiye, in a caption meme, which is the earliest found use of the painting in a meme (shown below). The post gained just six retweets and 30 likes in nine years.


Fartniss Stinkybean @nrlswirl My boss added me on facebook 11:03 PM ⚫ Jul 22, 2015 .

Spread

On October 8th, 2020, X[4] user @PainxPiss posted the earliest found viral meme using the picture, a How It Started / How It's Going meme that gained over 38,000 reposts and 210,000 likes in four years (shown below).


Rich Dragon FortySstax @PainxPiss How it started How it's going 6:23 PM Oct 8, 2020 • :

On December 4th, YouTuber Shoe0nHead used the image as a reaction to videos about actor Elliot Page's transition, with the post (shown below) gaining over 5,300 reposts and 94,000 likes on X[5] in four years.


0 shoe @shoeonhead Actress Ellen Page Declares She is a well uh we did it we lost another lesbian Ellen Page Comes Out As Trans: Now Elliot 10:17 PM ⚫ Dec 4, 2020 12:11 9:17 The Left's WAR ON WOMEN & The 'New' Elliot Page LEn 262

On December 20th, 2020, Redditor boobioboobs combined the image with a snippet of a Bloomberg Wealth article about tax cuts for the rich. The post gained over 290 upvotes in the /r/catsaysmao[6] subreddit in four years and was widely circulated through reposts on X[7] and Tumblr.[8]



The image saw increased presence as a reaction and a caption format in 2024, with multiple posts based on it going viral on X / Twitter.

Various Examples


My hair isn't perfect in my happy era Marul 18 @MarulArt the urge to put motivational bible verses over hyper muscular furry art 11:15 PM - Jul 23, 2024 13.9K Views
bree @yummybeefcakee how it feels to hyperfixate over a piece of media that has no new content and has a dead fandom 9:29 AM Jul 10, 2024 18K Views 80 LTYE @LTYE02 How it feels to have a cool idea in your head but your artistic skills are dogshit 12:31 PM Jul 8, 2024 3.7M Views

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External References

[1] Instagram – xuejiye66

[2] Tumblr – pixography

[3] X – @nrlswirl

[4] X – @PainxPiss

[5] X – @shoe0nhead

[6] Reddit – Oh really?

[7] X – @SocDoneLeft

[8] Tumblr – depsidase

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