# Do You Smell Fumes? (Recreated Textile Work)

A figure stands with arms crossed, gas mask on, a single red flower at his head, electric green blazing behind him. The image lands instantly. Color, confrontation, presence. Tufted in acrylic yarn on cotton at 68 x 48 inches, the work fills a room. Up close, the surface is unexpectedly soft, the dimensional yarn almost contradicting the severity of the image. Cedric began using his own likeness while teaching himself to tuft, and that honesty remains. A self portrait about the masks we wear while we are still figuring ourselves out.

This piece is a unique recreation of Cedric Vu's original work, Do You Smell Fumes?

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## Details

- **Price:** 5300.0 USD
- **Vendor:** Art Scout
- **Type:** Textile Art
- **Tags:** buy original art online, Cedric Vu, collector art, figurative art, San Francisco artist, self portrait, textile art, tufted art, wall art

## Variants

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## Images

- Do You Smell Fumes Recreated Textile Work – large tufted acrylic yarn work by Cedric Vu at 68 by 48 inches showing a gas-masked self-portrait figure with arms crossed, red flower, and electric green background on cotton
- Do You Smell Fumes by Cedric Vu – detail of dimensional acrylic yarn tufting showing unexpectedly soft surface of gas mask and electric green background
- Do You Smell Fumes by Cedric Vu – full view of large tufted textile work with gas-masked figure and red flower on electric green ground
- Do You Smell Fumes by Cedric Vu – close-up of tufted acrylic yarn texture on self-portrait figure with crossed arms and gas mask
- Do You Smell Fumes by Cedric Vu – artwork installed in room showing large-scale room-filling presence
- Do You Smell Fumes? (Recreated Textile Work)
- Do You Smell Fumes? (Recreated Textile Work)
- Do You Smell Fumes? (Recreated Textile Work)

## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 68"×48"
- **Artist Material:** Acrylic yarn on cotton
- **Artist Name:** Cedric Vu
- **About The Artist Link:** https://www.artscout.pro/collections/cedric-vu

### About The Artist Content

Cedric Vu (b. 1996) is a French-Vietnamese contemporary visual artist born and raised in San Jose, California. From 2014 to 2023, he lived in Los Angeles, where he studied filmmaking, worked as a dancer, and held a range of production roles in film and television.

In 2024, Vu returned to his hometown to establish a physical art practice rooted in creative authorship and independence. Teaching himself to tuft yarn, he began creating textile works - often self-portraits - using his own image out of practicality as he developed his technique in the medium. Though textiles have become the foundation of his emerging body of work, Vu continues to expand his practice with the intention of working across multiple mediums.

Since establishing his studio practice, Vu has exhibited at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, where he also serves as an Art Preparator. His work will be featured in the forthcoming 2027 group exhibition Echoes of Being at the Bakersfield Museum of Art. Vu’s work has quickly captured the attention of collectors and admirers alike, including renowned stylist and image architect Law Roach, known for his collaborations with Zendaya, Céline Dion, and others.

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