ForeignAffairs/外事FrenchArtistVincent:PursuitofLacquerinChongqingByHeYu/TheWorldandChongqingSettlinginChongqingforLacquerCreationIn1977,VincentwasborninavillageinToulouseofFrance.AfterfinishinghisacademicyearsinFrance,heestablishedastudioforantiquerestoration.Sincethen,hehasdevelopedadeepinterestinlacquer.However,Frenchindustriallacquercannotfitthebill,whichdrovehimtoexploretheoriginoflacquerinAsia.In2007,VincentmadeatriptoChinauponhisfriend'sinvitationandfellinlovewithlacquerartatfirstsightinChengdu.In2009,VincentcametoChongqingandhewascaptivatedbytheartisticatmosphereoftheSichuanFineArtsInstitute(SFAI).AsChongqingalsoboastsexcellentlacquerculture,hesoondecidedtosettledowninChongqingandopenedastudioinHuangjuepingwhereSFAIislocated.IntroductionHuangjuepingnurturesart,Vincentcommented.BorninChongqing'ssistercityToulouseofFrance,VincentHecommunicatedwithSFAIteachersandlocalCazeneuve,knownasWensenQiinChinese,isacontemporaryartists.Itisworthmentioningthathemethiswifeartistdedicatedtolacquer(Chineselacquerorrawlacquer)XiaoRongwhomajoredinoilpaintingatSFAI.creation.HesettleddowninChongqingin2009.HisworkshavebeenexhibitedinartinstitutionsbothinandoutsideofChina,andsomeevenhavebeencollectedbyprivateindividuals.“Thefoundationofthispiecewascreatedfrommyownbambooweaving.Thisartworkwasmadecombiningausedgunnybagwithlacquerart,andthereareevenvisiblemendingmarksonit.."OnApril27,Vincentintroducedthepiecesexhibitedinthe“ChongqingArtistArchiveCazeneuveVincent“"exhibitiontotheaudienceattheRockSpaceoftheYuelaiArtMuseum.HespeaksfluentMandarinandoccasionallymixesinafewEnglishphrasesaswellastheChongqingdialect.Attheexhibition,VincentsharedhisstoryoftravelingthousandsofmilesfromFrancetoChongqinginpursuitoflacquerduringaninterview.VincentrelocatedhisstudioseveraltimesfromHuangjuepingtoGeleshanandHufengshan.In2021,hemovedthestudiotoSongbaiVillage,BeipingTownship,ChengkouCounty,wherehecangetmuchclosertolacquer.ExploringtheOriginofLacquerinChengkou"IlearnedabouttheChengkoulacquerartalon...
