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The champagne house Ruinart**** has invited the Japanese artist Tadeshi Kawamata to design its annual art action "Conservations with Nature." For the action, renowned artists interpret the dialogue with nature. The aim of the action is to open up new perspectives on the connection between humans and nature through art.
Kawamata designs and builds three artworks for Ruinart. One of them is a six-meter-high wooden tower in the shape of an inverted champagne bottle. It is meant to reflect the chalk cellar where the champagnes age and also serves as an observatory. He has also created 20 wooden boxes for three-liter bottles, where one corner has been cut off and reassembled from wooden pieces. The collaboration starts this month with an installation at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Among the exhibits is a tornado-shaped ceiling structure. The artist was inspired by the weather and the spider webs he saw in the vineyards.
Kawamata was born in 1953 and represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 1982. He often uses wood or furniture pieces that change and decay over time and describes his approach as follows: "Everything changes. We must not believe that anything is permanent. We simply remain in harmony with nature." Ruinart hosts annual art actions, awards a prize for emerging photographers, and is represented at up to 30 art fairs with its collection.
(al; Image: Florie Berger)
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