Exhibit of Benoit Vermander -

Exhibit of Benoit Vermander

Corbett | September 10, 2008 4:30 PM

My friend, Benoit Vermander, is having an exhibition October 7th, at The Sunbow Art Gallery on Moganshan Rd.

Beside being a friend, an artist, a sinologist, a man of letters, and a gourmet, Benoit and I have a special connection in that he married Irene and I many years ago in Taiwan, right after his first Christmas mass in Chinese, at a marriage ceremony that was in three different languages, with at least as many cases of wine, and as many all night mahjong tables going on. We are lucky enough to have been given one of his paintings as a wedding present. Please try to see his exhibition and meet Benoit in person if possible.

Half-blind in the forest (笨笃画展─森林中的半盲人)
Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 7pm (through October 22)
3F, 0 Bld, 50, Moganshan Road（M50）, The Sunbow Art Gallery, Shanghai
Tel：86 21 62993931

Bendu is the painter's name of Benoit Vermander. Born in 1960, Bendu has been studying Chinese calligraphy and painting since 1990. From 1994 on, his best teacher and friend has been the Sichuanese painter Li Jinyuan

Individual exhibits of Bendu's works have taken place at Beijing's China Art Gallery, Chengdu's Sichuan Art Gallery, University of San Francisco, The European Parliament in Strasbourg, Centre Sevres in Paris, FuJen University in Taipei, Beda Center in Tainan, Meishan Cultural Center in Chiayi and Hong Kong Kuanghua Cultural Center among other locations. Several painting albums of Bendu have been published, along with collections of his poems in Chinese, English and French.

笨笃是魏明德的笔名。1990年，他开始学习书法与水墨画。1994年，他与四川师范大学李金远教授成了好朋友，共同研究当代水墨画至今。笨笃曾在北京中国美术馆(、四川美术馆、成都画院、旧金山大学、巴黎塞伏尔中心(Centre Sèvres)以及欧洲议会等地开过画展，也在中国台北辅仁大学、台南百达中心、嘉义梅山、香港光华中心、台北法国巴黎银行举办个人水墨画展。画册有《天路历程》、《夜搏：笨笃中法诗画集》《笨笃图解创世纪》、《圣所何在》、《游牧记忆》等作品。

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steve

September 12, 2008 3:29 PM

Benoit and I have a special connection in that he married Irene and I many years ago in Taiwan

Dude, wouldn't that be polygamy?

corbett

September 12, 2008 10:30 PM

That's a funny way to look at it! He conducted the ceremony, but it was more like a party, so maybe we are all married.

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