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Selection from the thirty photos of the exhibition. Large‑format fine art prints by Les Ortigues. Signed prints, limited edition. Order a print →
Nicolas Claris · Romain Claris · 2017
Saint-James Bouliac
May 2 – June 12, 2017
With Château Angélus
Photo © Nicolas Claris — All rights reserved
After our recent photographic and video exhibitions Three castles in winter, Gold and Light, Boats, Castles, Cakes, we continue our quest, this time through the prism of color…
This exhibition reflects our deliberately soft and poetic vision of the moment before the encounter, of the first glance. It stops at the first swirls when the glass begins to turn, setting the color in motion… Just before handing over to the other senses, because what follows is another story… a beautiful one!
Because life is in color, we imagined this exhibition as a tribute to the magicians of hue and pigment, to those who master the difficult and subjective reproduction of colors… To the offset experts, to the men and women of Print System in Bègles.
We chose red… Magenta, ruby, purple, scarlet, vermilion, garnet, carmine, Grand Cru! Red suggests energy, nobility, alertness, emotion… Feelings that are an integral part of our lives.
When speaking of red, wine and its biotope cannot escape our lenses. Sensitive to the various expressions of wine through our senses, color seems to us, as image-makers, the most appropriate way to express our sensitivity.
One morning in March, we met Château Angélus. We immediately knew it was the one. Driven and moved by this love at first sight, we asked for carte blanche and got it…
You don't tame color, you try to capture it, to reproduce it. You observe it, admire it, it transports you. On tiptoe we approached to capture the richness of its reds, playing with different, even harsh lights, or by the soft glow of a candle, to reveal, perhaps, hitherto unsuspected colors.
When starting this work, we already had in mind soft and voluptuous images of persistent, bright or dark, pastel or vivid colors, with their dazzling transparencies, their disturbing and — almost! — intoxicating promises.
Seeking simplicity: a conceptual and visual approach sometimes close to abstraction, we deliberately directed our gaze into the intimacy of surfaces and the depth of volumes, to the moment when colors play with us with the complicity of materials and light. With simple touches, here we are discovering the infinitely colorful, revealed in broad daylight, in high definition.
Selection from the thirty photos of the exhibition. Large‑format fine art prints by Les Ortigues. Signed prints, limited edition. Order a print →
Hanging of the 15 large formats 110 × 140 cm and 15 prints 30 × 40 cm — The quality of the prints produced by Les Ortigues is magnificent.
165 people at the opening on Thursday, May 4, 2017 — An evening at Saint-James is always a magical moment…
The Angélus vineyard is located in the heart of a natural amphitheater, dominated by the three churches of Saint-Emilion. Château Angélus is the work of a passion written for eight generations by the de Boüard de Laforest family.
Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classé A
For all offset printing work, Claris chose Print. Nicolas Brunaud and Muriel Malabat run this family printing house in Bègles with a team of 34 people. Claris and Print have been collaborating for over fifteen years.
143, avenue du Maréchal Leclerc — 33130 Bègles
The 18th‑century longère transformed and extended in 1989 by Jean Nouvel, listed as a 20th‑century heritage site.
3 Place Camille Hostein — 33270 Bouliac
The Aston Martin embassy in Bordeaux-Mérignac becomes a partner of the ROUGE exhibition with Château Angélus and Print at Relais & Châteaux Saint-James.
114, Avenue J.F. Kennedy — 33700 Mérignac
RICOH IMAGING COMPANY LTD, leader in the manufacture of RICOH and PENTAX cameras. RICOH IMAGING supports and assists Nicolas Claris.
7-9 avenue Robert Schuman — BP70102 — 94513 Rungis
A leading player in the event industry for over 60 years. L'atelier des Ortigues printed the photographs for the ROUGE exhibition.
Zone d'Activités Bois de Lion — 33240 Peujard