# I Love Machiavelli, but the Storyline for Me Has Run Stale!

A figure lies face down on a purple bed. A golden crown rests at their feet, a small orange flower placed gently on their back. The title is wry and literary, and the image mirrors it perfectly. Humor, theatrical awareness, and a surprising tenderness beneath it. Cedric studied filmmaking before picking up a tufting gun, and that influence is clear. The work feels staged like a still from a film you would want to watch twice. The purple bedding, rendered in dense yarn, is almost impossibly lush.

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## Details

- **Price:** 4500.0 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

| Variant | Price | Available |
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| Default Title | 4500.00 USD | In stock |

## Images

- I Love Machiavelli but the Storyline for Me Has Run Stale – tufted acrylic yarn artwork by Cedric Vu with figure face-down on luxuriously dense purple yarn bed, golden crown at feet and orange flower on back, wry cinematic humor and surprising tenderness
- I Love Machiavelli by Cedric Vu – detail of golden crown at feet and small orange flower on back of prone figure on impossibly lush purple yarn bed
- I Love Machiavelli by Cedric Vu – full tufted textile of face-down figure on purple bed with crown and flower from filmmaking-informed composition
- I Love Machiavelli by Cedric Vu – close-up of dense purple yarn bed texture around prone figure in theatrical cinematic composition
- I Love Machiavelli by Cedric Vu – artwork installed in room context
- I Love Machiavelli, but the Storyline for Me Has Run Stale!
- I Love Machiavelli, but the Storyline for Me Has Run Stale!

## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 61"×61"
- **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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> Updated: 2026-08-28