Hennessy CNY 2023 by Yan Pei-Ming
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Clérin Morin © Yan Pei Ming, ADAGP, Paris, 2021
Clérin Morin © Yan Pei Ming, ADAGP, Paris, 2021
August 2022
“La Grande Course is a major piece of my oeuvre. It's rather monumental, with animals in movement, and a color - the color of cognac - that I've never used before. I wanted to do something exceptional, something complicated, that I would be proud of.”
Yan Pei-Ming
"I love France enormously", said Yan Pei-Ming. "I came here knowing that I wanted to paint That quickly canceled out any doubts and hesitations I kept asking myself: 'Are you capable? Do you have something to say? How do you want to express it?' France is where I developed my character and forged my vision of the world It's the country that gave me a chance."
ABOUT YAN PEI-MING
Born in Shanghai in 1960 Yan Pei-Ming moved to France in 1979 at age 19. After learning French in Paris, he moved to Dijon to attend the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, from which he graduated in 1986. Yan Pei-Ming has won international acclaim for his unique style of Expressionist portraiture. Conveying the tension between conventional form and contemporary relevance, his subjects span people in the public eye,iconic works in art history, current events, still lifes religious subjects, friends and family, and animals In particular, his anthropomorphic works convey a message of universality, interconnectedness and the need to live in harmony with the world around us. While he considers himself a European painter in both style and subject matter, in recent years Yan Pei-Ming has increasingly drawn upon his Chinese cultural heritage in combination with the Western portraiture tradition.
ABOUT BERNARDAUD
Bernardaud masters the art of French porcelain since 1863 in Limoges. Still family owned, it has always chosen excellence, quality and precision. Working in a field that is perpetually evolving, Bernardaud remains in the elite of design and innovation, developing technologies and savoir faire in its Limoges manufacture that push back the limits of the art of porcelain making. For 160 years, this desire to take porcelain to unexpected and unexplored territories has enabled the company to collaborate with the greatest chefs, artists, designers and prestigious luxury brands. Each collection, each piece of jewelry, each object bearing the Bernardaud stamp brings luxury to everyday life proof that porcelain always remains an exception.
ABOUT HENNESSY
The leader in Cognac, the Maison Hennessy has shone around the world with its exceptional know-how for more than 250 years. Built on founder Richard Hennessy’s spirit of conquest, the brand is present in more than 160 countries. Based in the heart of the Charente region, Hennessy is also a steadfast pillar of the regional economy. The House’s success and longevity are rooted in the excellence of its cognacs, each of which is born of a unique process of transmission of know-how from generation to generation. The first spirits house to be certified ISO 14001, Hennessy unites its capacity for innovation and the support of all of its partners to protect this exceptional area. As a crown jewel of the LVMH Group, Hennessy is a major contributor to French international trade, with 99% of production sold in export, and a worldwide ambassador for the French art de vivre.
