Remy Martin XO CNY Year Of The Horse

XUE SONG

Born in 1965 in Dangshan, China, Xue Song is a highly collectible contemporary artist who set out “to break Chinese tradition and surpass western modernism”. He found his unique voice after a fire burned down his studio, leading him to incorporate charred remains of his art, literature and belongings into his work. The artist is now known for highly symbolic colorful collages fusing remnants of classical Chinese artworks with Western pop culture references, playing with the tension between high and low, East and West, mass and singular, traditional craft and throwaway culture. Xue Song’s Chinese New Year masterwork is meticulously built from collaged pieces of Rémy Martin’s history. Close inspection reveals images from the brand’s Archives, alongside scenes from the Maison and terroir, to embed layers of meaning and symbolism. The artwork depicts a herd of five horses led by the Rémy Martin Centaur, echoing the House tagline for 2026. Lunar New Year, ‘The Centaur is paving the way’. The hooved creatures race over an auspicious red backdrop, surrounded by bamboo shoots announcing the arrival of spring and vitality, through clouds, over rivers of water, with the earth representing Rémy Martin’s prized winegrowing terroir in Petite and Grande Champagne in Cognac.