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Selection from the thirty photographs of the exhibition. Large-format art prints produced 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
Following our recent photo and video exhibitions Three Châteaux in Winter, Gold and Light, Boats, Châteaux, Gateaux, we pursue our quest, this time through the prism of colour…
This exhibition reflects our vision — deliberately gentle and poetic — of the moment before the encounter, of the first glance. It lingers at the first swirls when the glass begins to turn, setting colour in motion… Just before the other senses take over, for what follows is another story altogether… A beautiful one!
Because life is in colour, we conceived this exhibition as a tribute to the magicians of tint and pigment, to those who master the so difficult and subjective reproduction of colours… 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, alert, emotion… Feelings that are an integral part of our existence.
When speaking of red, wine and its biotope cannot escape our lenses. Sensitive to the many expressions of wine through our senses, colour seems to us the most appropriate — for us as image-makers — to express our sensitivity.
One March morning, we encountered Château Angélus. We immediately knew it was the one. Moved and stirred by this coup de foudre, we asked for carte blanche — and received it…
You cannot tame colour, you can only try to capture it, to render it. You observe it, admire it, it carries you away. Softly we approached to capture the richness of its reds, playing with different lights — sometimes violent — even by the gentle glow of a candle, to perhaps reveal colours hitherto unsuspected.
Beginning this work, we already had in mind gentle and voluptuous images of persistent colours — bright or dark, pastel or vivid — with their fleeting transparencies, their troubling and almost intoxicating promises.
Seeking purity: a conceptual and visual approach sometimes close to abstraction, we deliberately directed our gaze into the intimacy of surfaces and the depth of volumes, at the moment when colours play with us with the complicity of materials and light. With simple touches, we discover the infinitely colourful, revealed in broad daylight, in high definition.
Selection from the thirty photographs of the exhibition. Large-format art prints produced by Les Ortigues. Signed prints, limited edition. Order a print →
Hanging of 15 large-format prints (110 × 140 cm) and 15 prints (30 × 40 cm) — The quality of the prints produced by Les Ortigues is magnificent.
165 guests at the opening on Thursday 4 May 2017 — An evening at Saint-James is always a magical moment…
The Angélus vineyard sits at the heart of a natural amphitheatre dominated by the three churches of Saint-Emilion. Château Angélus is the work of a passion written over 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 his wife Muriel Malabat run this family-owned printing company in Bègles, with a team of 34 people. Claris and Print have been collaborating for over fifteen years.
Watch the film "CNB 100 Chrisco the making of"
143, avenue du Maréchal Leclerc — 33130 Bègles
An 18th-century farmhouse transformed and extended in 1989 by Jean Nouvel, listed as a 20th-century heritage site. Nicolas Magie heads the kitchen, Adrien Champigny the wine cellar.
3 Place Camille Hostein — 33270 Bouliac
The Aston Martin dealership in Bordeaux-Mérignac became a natural partner of the ROUGE exhibition alongside Château Angélus and Print at the Relais & Châteaux Saint-James.
114, Avenue J.F. Kennedy — 33700 Mérignac
RICOH IMAGING COMPANY LTD, leader in digital photographic equipment with RICOH and PENTAX cameras. RICOH IMAGING supports Nicolas Claris.
7-9 avenue Robert Schuman — BP70102 — 94513 Rungis
A leading event industry company for over 60 years. Their workshop produced the photographic prints for the ROUGE exhibition.
Zone d'Activités Bois de Lion — 33240 Peujard