Liu Wei: Infinite imagination from everyday life

Those with an artist’s soul find inspiration in the world around them. With unique powers of observation, creativity flows from the everyday. For artist Liu Wei, reality is the well from which he draws his best ideas. “I’m always looking at the world with new eyes, asking what art is exactly at a given point in space and time. It all depends on one’s approach to reality and how you read things,” Mr. Liu told Maison Hennessy. "Rather than just giving my own art a meaning, which I find too frontal, I prefer emotions.“

"Visiting Cognac to gather inspiration for the upcoming collaboration with the Maison, Mr. Liu was struck by the similarities between his artistry and that of Hennessy. ""There are parallels with the Hennessy art of blending: everything mixes together, everything is filled with possibility and there is space for infinite imagination.” Fascinated by our long history and the technique of assemblage, Wei identified with the time and patience is takes to make a barrel, to blend a cognac. To perfect a craft.

Whether in the surrounding vineyards, the distilleries, or the Founder’s Cellar, the rhythm of life at Hennessy is always guided by the present. And by a unique heritage of questioning, exploring, and perfecting. As Mr. Liu points out, “In a world where so many work like machines, Hennessy focuses on the perfection of the hand. We both bring the world’s beauty to life through art: what we create is a contemporary expression of emotion.” It is no wonder the Maison was as inspired by Liu Wei as he was by his time there.

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