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Since its beginnings in 1729 in Reims, Ruinart, the world's first established champagne house, has never stopped developing and promoting its own unique art of living, echoing the Enlightenment period when it was founded. In a time when French philosophy and culture had great influence, the excellence of Maison Ruinart wines shone like a beacon. Very early on, the house decided to use the rare and precious chardonnay grape to produce its cuvées.

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Elegance, purity, know-how and enlightenment were the watchwords for the world's finest champagne house. These qualities were what ensured its success both in France and overseas, and what has nurtured its unwavering commitment to art since then. The bold decision to call upon the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha back in 1896 to create a poster that would make an immense impact at the time fits perfectly with Maison Ruinart's lasting devotion to art through its support for major international art festivals and its annual commissioning of a contemporary artist. In doing so, the house shares its heritage, history and know-how through the original and creative vision of talented artists.

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It all began during the reign of Louis XIV, when transcription systems (Latin, Greek, Arabic, Hebraic, dom Thierry Ruinart, a visionary monk and uncle of the Chinese, Japanese, Cyrillic and Hindi) over a period of five founder of the house, became "Master of Art" in 1674 at months. In the words of the artist, it's a way of reminding age of 17, which was rare at the time. Many years later in onlookers that "each alphabet represents one culture." There 1896, André Ruinart commissioned the Czech artist Alphonse are two dates inscribed on the base of the sculpture, 1729 Mucha to create a poster for the and 2016. Like a secret code, house. The Art Nouveau prodigy this associates the creation of made a huge impact with this As well, there is the Maison Ruinart with the creation first "advertisement." Displayed wonderful Bouquet of the work itself. There is also on Morris columns around Paris, de champagne Georgia Russell, who pays tribute and even on the summit of by Maarten Baas, to the Grand Livre of the first Mont Blanc, the work heralded a centre light established champagne house the beginning of a beautiful sculpture for a gala and to the work accomplished Ruinart relationship between Ruinart table, an elaborate by the men in the chalk pits, and the art world. Since then, the meteorite that "crashes creating a grandiose sculpture house has gone on to commission down like thunder." Piet Hein Eek with her scalpel. Or the portraits many other contemporary artists Hubert Le Gall also chose to use by Gideon Rubin, who explores and and designers, giving them free worked with glass, wood, crafting a the figureheads of Ruinart's reign to pay tribute to its cuvées, creating a calendar monumental piece history through its founding its history, its heritage or its of twelve sculptures, midway between fathers. And who could forget the Art crayères: the impressive chalk each representing a sculpture and photographs by Erwin Olaf, who cellars that are listed as a Unesco a month of the an architectural was particularly struck by the World Heritage Site. "Art is in year symbolised work, then a box depth and enormity of the chalk the house's very nature." We by a vine stock. for the house's cellars? The artist took an interest are continuing our commitment Rosé designed in the signs, like graffiti, left by to art by supporting major using recycled both humans and nature since the contemporary art fairs, and wood inspired Middle Ages, at the time when giving carte blanche to an artist from a champagne the crayères were first listed as a each year," explains Frédéric shipping container Unesco World Heritage Site. And Dufour, President of Maison dating back to 1769. finally, Ruinart's relationship Ruinart. The house has lent its with art has led it to the new support to thirty or so art events, and fascinating images by including: Art Basel (Basel, Miami & Hong-Kong), Frieze Liu Bolin that were created during a residence in August 2017. (New-York & London), Kyotographie, Fiac, Paris Photo and The extraordinary expertise and devotion of our champagne many others. As part of this support, Jaume Plensa was house is showcased in the images of the artist camouflaged Founded in 1729, Ruinart is the first established commissioned to create an impressive sculpture depicting against each background. All of these unique and original champagne house, and has always fortered a special the silhouette of a man in meditation. The Spanish artist projects with renowned artists underscore and perpetuate relationship with the art world. built and assembled steel letters from eight phonetic Ruinart's commitment to the world of contemporary art.

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Born in , 1973 province, south east of .

Graduates from the Shandong 1995 10 dates in the life of Liu Bolin Academy of Fine Arts. (sculpture)

First solo show in Beijing. 1998

Joins the Central Academy 1999 2005 Creates the first photograph in the of Fine Arts in Beijing. Hiding in the City series to express Dates his feelings of powerlessness during the demolition of houses in the suburbs Graduates from the Central 2001 of Beijing during the renovation Academy of Fine Arts. of the capital for the 2008 Olympic Games. in the (master)

2007 He attends (group exhibition) life the Rencontres d’Arles.

2012 He takes part in the Moscow Biennale of Photography and the Images Vevey festival.

2014 His Fist 2014 sculpture is displayed outside the Grand Palais for the Paris Art Fair, which celebrated .

2017 Retrospective at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, and an exhibition 1973 - 1995 - 1998 - 1999 - 2001 - 2005 - 2007 - 2012 - 2014 - 2017 of his new works in his Paris-Beijing gallery in the French capital.

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It's hard to define an artist like Liu Bolin given his experience and the variation of his work. Born in 1973 in Binzhou, Shandong province south-east of Beijing, he was the youngest of many children and the only

About Liu Bolin

one to study art, which his father believed was a worthless pursuit. He belongs to the generation of artists whose creations are intertwined with a changing China. Ruinart x Liu Bolin Ruinart x Liu Bolin

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Revelation through camouflage

As a student at the University of Shandong, he makes the audience believe that there is nothing there, specialised in sculpture and then went on to teach when in fact there is something or someone", explains drawing between 1995 and 2005. It was then that Philippe Dagen in the foreword to the monograph he came into contact with the Beijing East Village Liu Bolin, published by La Martinière. art scene where performance artists thrived. In 2005, Until 2008, he was influenced by political and social he became aware of the housing evictions and the issues, and included a series of works in front of walls demolitions of traditional houses in the suburbs of displaying propaganda slogans from the Chinese , to make way for a more modern capital city Communist Party. From 2009, his images began for the 2008 Olympic Games. Feeling powerless to help portraying important criticisms of our consumer- those affected by the destruction, he staged a silent focused society. More recently still, his attention has protest which became the first photograph in the series been focused on financial power, ecology, and the entitled Hiding in the City. On this image, which is use of resources. "He composes images that initially a combination of sculpture, painting and photography attract, then surprise and worry, and end up remaining as much as performance, Liu Bolin literally vanishes in etched on his audience's memories." He has created a front of the houses that are slated for destruction, his unique art form which has a rarely seen impact and body and clothes covered in garments that blend into is perfectly aligned with the world we are living in the background. His art of camouflage is particularly right now", explains Philippe Dagen. We are now subtle and only hints at the artist's presence. "A still seeing more and more new protagonists appear in his life in trompe-l’oeil suggests that there is something compositions, which brings a collective dimension that real there, when in fact there is nothing." Camouflage appeals directly to the viewer.

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Hiding in Italy n°12, Teatro La Scala, 2010 © Liu Bolin / Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing

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Hiding in the City n°16, Civilian and Policeman, 2006 © Liu Bolin / Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing

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Hiding in the City n°36, Unify the Thought to promote Education more, 2007 © Liu Bolin / Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing

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Hiding in the city n°2, Suojia Villa (highlights), 2005 © Liu Bolin / Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing

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Hide in the City - Paris, Bookshelf, 2011 © Liu Bolin / Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing

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Hiding in the City n°83, Supermarket, 2009 © Liu Bolin / Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing

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Hiding in the City n°109, Info Wall, 2013 © Liu Bolin / Courtesy Galerie Paris-Beijing

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What is your 1 / principal inspiration? In my work, I’m always concerned by the link between the object created by people with people.

What is your 2 / 10 / What is your favorite virtue? favorite flower? Insistence. Lotus.

What is your 3 / 11 / What is your favorite ultimate luxury? way of dressing? I have a dream which is to keep doing my work. I like when the design is special.

What is your favorite 4 / 12 / What is your quality in a man? favorite animal? Undertake. Dog.

Proust What is your favorite 5 / 13 / What is your quality in a woman? ideal menu? Questionnaire Patience. I like the French restaurants. What do you like most about 6 / 14 / What book would you your friends? like to have on Trust/believe in. your bedside table? Philosophy books. What is your principal fault 7 / and your 15 / Who is your principal quality? favorite artist? Bad: I'm simple, easy to trust. I have 4 favorite artists since the beginning : Best: I’m resistant, never stop. Not easy to stop. 1: Modigliani during my college - 2: Pablo Picasso 3: Andy Warhol - 4: Francis Beacon. What is your favorite 8 / You can feel it in my work. occupation? Sport: soccer, gym and run. 16 / What would your ideal holiday be? What is your favorite color? 9 / I dream I could do fishing. Based on the Proust questionnaire, here is a very personal White, black, blue. portrait of Liu Bolin. 17 / Who would you celebrate good news with, and with what would you celebrate it? With my wife during a nice dinner in a nice restaurant, very romantic, with a glass of Ruinart.

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"When I began my research into Ruinart, I learned blown away by the enormity of the vast spaces about the unique know-how of the world's oldest that were carved out by human hands from chalk champagne house and the exceptional beauty over 800 years ago. You really get a sense of of the historic place, which is a listed Unesco time passing and it adds a mysterious quality World Heritage Site. Four essential elements to the place that strikes you immediately." Liu came together in my Bolin decided to pose with mind: history, culture, Maison Ruinart employees know-how and a human on some of the images, dimension." On his first in order to show how visit to Champagne, Liu humans are erased by the Bolin stayed for more than demands of nature. The 10 days at Maison Ruinart expertise, concentration in Reims, and revealed the and dedication of the men invisible imprint of human and women he met made labour through eight a powerful impression on images. "I was impressed the artist. So, he decided by the team's expertise The to bring these important and how the surrounding players into the centre of natural resources are put invisible his creations. "When you to use in the production see a bottle of Ruinart, it's of champagne. From the hand hard to imagine the many vineyards to the chalk complex processes that cellars, whose temperature are required to produce and humidity are ideal for it. Ruinart was the first wine production, Ruinart established ever champagne winemakers draw the house. Its history and best from nature without its values, which are causing harm. I wanted to almost three hundred use this series to showcase years old, imbue the their work." By making the daily production process." human form disappear, Liu Through the creation of Bolin trains the spotlight these eight strong and on the techniques and know-how that go into elegant performance images and by sharing the making champagne. Through the invisibility of daily experiences of the first champagne house, actual people, he accentuates the expertise of the Liu Bolin has managed to capture the ties that men and women who work behind closed doors, bind history, culture, nature, dedication and and highlights Ruinart's close relationship with know-how. And to reveal the identity of Maison nature. "The first time I visited the cellar, I was Ruinart by vanishing behind those who craft it.

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"You get a striking sense of time and history here in the chalk cellars."

Liu Bolin

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"He's an orchestra conductor directing his players, so that they can create together. And that also applies to how we blend at Ruinart. Decisions are not made by a single person. Everyone works together, from the growers who produce the grapes, to those who transform them, to the people who taste the wines that will go on to be blended. This teamwork means that in the end, we have an exceptional product that we can all share."

Frédéric Panaïotis, Cellar Master

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"I decided to vanish into the world around me. Some say I disappeared into the landscape; I say that the environment took possession of me."

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"The relationship I have with art is essential for my work."

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"I spent a long time watching him, and I was fascinated by his ability to anticipate the result right from the start of the process."

"It was a unique experience and one that I will most probably never have again."

"When I saw the results of the first test round on the computer, I was taken aback. You stay still for hours, and in a flash you see the work appear."

Pablo Lopez, Riddler

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"I loved being involved with this project. As the painting went on, we could see through the eyes of onlookers that we were gradually disappearing into the background."

Olivier Mousset, Disgorging Worker

"You have to have experienced it to understand all the tiny details that go into making the finished work possible."

Patricia Jacquemard, Labelling Operator

"I loved Liu Bolin's very personable approach. He painted me in an abstract way, and then I gradually saw it all making sense."

Hélèna Keller,

Labelling Operator

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"Alphonse Mucha is a key figurehead in Art Nouveau, and I felt some very powerful emotions when I worked on this image."

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"We are craftsmen and he is an artist, but there are parallels between how we create our work."

Frédéric Panaïotis,

Cellar Master

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The Chinese artist Liu Bolin used the jackets he wears for his performances to elegantly decorate ten wooden boxes, each one with its own number. Inside the box is a jeroboam of Ruinart Blanc de Blancs.

These tailor-made jackets are like exceptional haute Ruinart couture garments, ambassadors of the Maison Ruinart coffret, and its culture of excellence. by Liu Bolin

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Personal exhibitions

2017 2011 Ghost Stories, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, Liu Bolin, Paris-Beijing gallery, Beijing, China. The Invisible France. Galerie Party, Act 2, in collaboration with Studio Man, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, USA. Hiding in the City, GGSV, Galerie des Enfants, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Hiding in the City, (Coming soon) Solo Show, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France. Galerie Paris-Beijing, France. (Coming soon) Retrospective, Festival Portrait(s), Vichy, France. Liu Bolin, Undercover, Odalys Gallery, Madrid, Spain. 2010 Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA. Hiding in Italy, Forma 2016 Centro Internazionale Di Fotografia, Milan, Italy. Hiding in Liu Bolin, Art Hacker, Klein Sun Gallery, New York, USA. Liu the City, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela. Sunshine Biography Bolin, Hadrien De Montferrand Gallery, , China. International Art Museum, Songzhuang, Beijing, China. On Fire, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY. Galerie Du Monde, 2015 Hong Kong, China. Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. Hiding in the City, Edwynn Houk Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. o f Liu Bolin, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France. Liu Bolin, Museo de 2009 Arte Contemporaneo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hiding in the City, Galeria Tagomago, Barcelona, Spain. Getting Accustomed to Being Impermanent, Vanguard Gallery, 2014 Shanghai, China. Hiding in the City, Yu Gallery, Paris, France. Liu Bolin Liu Bolin, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, USA. A colorful world, Klein Sun Gallery, New York, USA. In plain sight: photographs 2008 by Liu Bolin, University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, Liu Bolin Solo Exhibition, Boxart Gallery, Verona, Italy. Liu Connecticut, USA. Bolin Solo Exhibition, Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Paris, France. Liu bolin Solo Exhibition, 798 Originality Square, Beijing, 2013 China. Liu bolin Solo Exhibition, Bridge Art Center, Beijing, Liu Bolin, Paris-Beijing gallery, Paris, France. Liu Bolin, China. Liu bolin Solo Exhibition, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, Publications Paris-Beijing gallery, Brussels, Belgium. Mask, Eli Klein Fine China. Liu Bolin’s Life, Hotsun Art Space, Beijing, China. Liu Art, New York, USA. Liu Bolin – ein Meister der Tarnung, bolin Solo Exhibition, Galerie Adler, Paris, France. Liu Bolin We Are What We Eat (collective), published by Klein Sun Gallery, 2016 Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany. Festival Solo Exhibition, Mediterranean Gallery, Palermo, Italy. Liu Liu Bolin, published by La Martinière, 2014 Made In Asia, Toulouse, France. Bolin Solo Exhibition, Ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China. Liu Bolin Liu Bolin, published by Paris-Beijing gallery, 2013 Solo Exhibition, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, USA. Liu Bolin, Being Ghost, published by Chen Yikun, 2012 2012 Liu Bolin, published by Thircuir, 2012 Festival Images, Vevey, Switzerland. Liu Bolin, The Longyear 2006 Liu Bolin, Lost in art, published by Eli Klein Fine Art, 2012 Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Liu Bolin Solo Exhibition, Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Miami, Liu Bolin: The Invisible Man, published by Timezone, 8, 2011 Liu Bolin, Photographers Limited Editions, Vienna, Austria. Liu USA. Liu Bolin Sculpture Exhibition, Hotsun Art Space, Beijing, Liu Bolin, China Report 2007, published by Eli Klein Fine Art, 2008 Bolin: A Secret Tour, Museo H.C. Andersen, Galleria Nazionale China. Distortion, Hotsun Art Space, Beijing, China. Liu Bolin d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy. Liu Bolin: The Sociology of Solo Exhibition, Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Paris, France. the Invisible Body, California State University Northridge Art Galleries, Northridge, CA. The Invisible Man, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow, Russia. Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, USA.

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Collective exhibitions

2016 2013 2009 Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Photography – Chinascape: Incarnations: photographies-performances de Chine, Institut Incarnations, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Beijing. Shore – Beijing – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Duolun Art Museum, From Rural to Urban. Spazioborgogno, Milan, Italy. Seeing Confucius, Angers, France. Invisible, 13e China Pingyao Contemporary Academy Sculpture Exhibition, Moon River Art Shanghai, China. Union, The First Land Art District, Beijing, Now 21C Museum Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. We are what International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China. Museum, Beijing, Chine. Blank – Making China, Zhongjian China. Union in June, China Performance Art Exhibition, we eat, United Nations Visitor Center (main entrance lobby), Portrait(s), Culture Centre Valery Larbaud, Vichy, France. Art Museum, Beijing, Chine. International Contemporary Art Songzhuang Art District, Beijing, China. Dream of China – United Nations. Headquarters, New York, USA. Dubai Art Inner Journeys, Maison Paticulière Art Center, Brussels, Invitational Exhibition, Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, Corée. Erotic Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Galerie Adler, Paris, Season, Commission by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Belgium. Religion, Ritual, and Performance in Modern and – Contemporary Art Invitational Exhibition, Dadi Rui City France. Back, Hotsun Art Space, Beijing, China. After, Beijing Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The First Chinese Abstract Art Contemporary Art, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin Exhibition Center, , Chine. The Big World: Recent Art New Art Project Space, Beijing, China. Chinese Contemporary Exhibition, . Culture Center 117 Art Center, Ningbo, College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA. Incarnations, Institut Confucius from China, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA. Passing Art Exhibition, Mediterranean Gallery, Palermo, Italy. China. Drawing Hands, MD Gallery, Shanghai, China. des Pays de la Loire d’Angers, Angers, France. Aura and By China, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY. Camouflage, La Resetting, Suojia Artist Village, Beijing, China. Photography Post Aura, The First Beijing Photography Biennale, China. Casa Encendida, Madrid, Espagne. of Performance Art Exhibition, Inter Gallery, Beijing, China. 2015 Millennium Monument, Beijing, China. Born in the 70’s – Off-center Generation, 751 Factory, 798 Art 360° – A Selection of 500 Contemporary Artworks, MD Gallery, 2008 District, Beijing, China. Breathing – The 1st Contemporary Art Shanghai, China. Touch the classics Contemporary China 1 0 2012 The Need of Representation, Beijing Yonghe Art Museum, Exhibition of Shandong, , Jinan, China. 0 - Jin Hongwei original collection show, China. Millennium Incarnations, Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris, France. Changement de Beijing, China. Memory, BS1 Gallery, Beijing, Chine. Monument, Cipa Gallery, Beijing, China. Guerlain’s group Décor, Festival des Arts Visuels de Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland. Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, 798 Originality 2006 exhibition La petite Robe noire, variation autour d’un mythe, Bienne Festival of Photography, Bienne, Switzerland. Harper’s Square, Beijing, Chine. International Art Exhibition, Sunshine Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Galerie Bertin-Toublanc, Avenue des Champs Elysées, Paris, France. Tokyo International Bazaar: Inside the Magazine, Museum of Modern Art, Kiev, Art Museum, Beijing, Chine. Being – Invitational Exhibition Paris, France. Impact Power, Sunshine Art Museum, Beijing, Photography Festival 2015 – Focus on the Future What Makes Ukraine. Performing for the Camera, Arizona State University of Contemporary Art, Jinan, Chine. Chinese Contemporary China. Visit in Person, Songzhuang Art District, Beijing, Us "Us", Tokyo, Japan. "Target," Bienal de Performance 2015, Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, USA. Art Exhibition, Liverpool, Royaume-Uni. Force-Form, China. Beijing’s View, Beijing New Art Project Space, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Argentina. East Wing Biennial: INTERACT, The International Art Exhibition, Bridge Art Center, Beijing, Chine. China. International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, England. 2011 The Converted-Image, Dax Art Space, Beijing, Chine. Rome Qingzhou Museum, Shandong, China. Asian Contemporary Scenes from Within: Contemporary Art from China, Blackbridge International Contemporary Art Exhibition, International Art Exhibition, Korea. Red Star, Red Star, Red Star, Red Star 2014 Hall Gallery, Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA. Fotográfica Exhibition Center, Rome, Italie. Gallery, Beijing, China. Chai Na – Enemies at the Gate, 751 Perspectives, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia. Les Biennale, Museo de Fotografía, Bogotá, Colombia. Black and Factory, 798 Art District, Beijing, China. Olympic Sculpture esthétiques d’un monde désenchanté, Abbaye Saint André, White, Zero Art Museum, Beijing, China. Fotográfica Biennale, 2007 Exhibition, Jintai Art Museum, Beijing, China. Grey & Red, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Meymac, France. The Camera’s Museo de Fotografía, Bogotá, Colombia. Lost in Transition, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, USA. Digital- Beijing New Art Project Space, Beijing, China. Eye, PHOTOJAX 2014, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. East Wing man, Season Gallery, Beijing, China. Leaving the City, Biennial: INTERACT, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset 2010 Ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China. Image Documents of China, 2005 House, London, England. Pho-to-graffs: Images of Hip Hop, The Right to Protest, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel. Songzhuang Art Festival, Beijing, China. He – Group Exhibition Luxury Age, Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Grafitti, and Urban Culture, Gold Coast Arts Center, Great Passing China, Sanatorium, Istanbul, Turkey. HomeLessHome, of Chinese & Chilean Artists, The First Land Art District, , China. Chai? Chai! Chai. , Suojia Artist Village, Neck, New York, USA. "Seeing the Unseen", The John & Mable Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel. Armed & Dangerous: Beijing, China. Made in Beijing – Contemporary Art Exhibition, Beijing, China. Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, USA. East by South Art of the Arsenal, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, USA. Seoul, Korea. Memory – Contemporary Art Exhibition, New East, OBS Gallery, Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, England. Animamix Biennial, Shanghai MoCA, Shanghai, Today Art York Art Center, Beijing, China. Chinese Contemporary Art 2001 Chinese Contemporary Photography: 2009 – 2014 Minsheng Museum, Beijing, Guangdong Museum of Art. Exhibition, New Gallery, Houston, USA. Arles International Life is Beautiful – Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Hangzhou Art Museum, Shanghai, China. Photo Festival, Arles, France. Commune by the Great Wall Art Museum, China. Invitational Sculpture Exhibition of Art Exhibition, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China. Made in Youth Artists, Hangzhou Art Museum, China.

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01 - The secret crayère "When I visited the Ruinart chalk cellars, I found ancient inscriptions that echoed the past history of the brand, which goes back almost 300 years. Having started out as a sculptor, the date (1898) and the word (Classe) which are etched into the wall struck me immediately. I then decided to paint my left arm, the one I use to create, with the chalk I found on the floor there. It was a way of drawing the champagne from its history."

02 - Hiding in the vineyards with the Ruinart Cellar Master 05 - Hiding in the gyropalettes with Pablo "It was just a few days before the harvest. You could sense the "Riddling was originally performed by hand, then these enormous 01 05 flurry of activity that would soon commence. I shared this image with gyropalettes-riddling machines were introduced to relieve employees Frédéric Panaïotis, the Ruinart cellar master. His knowledge of that burden. Pablo, a Ruinart employee who operates this machine, was incredible. About wine obviously, but above all about nature, astounded me with his know-how, serenity and patience. He is able the earth and botany. He was constantly moving, and spent to "read the wine", so that the gyropalette can be programmed his time examining the vines. It was a fascinating experience, properly, and becomes an extension of his hand. I loved the volumes despite variable weather and changing light." and reflections in this scene, with its very specific orange light that is difficult to reproduce deep inside the cellars."

03 - Deep underground

"This space caught my attention, because it is a passage. It leads 06 - Disgorgement production line with workers down inside the earth, from the soil and vineyards to the cellars and "I've always been fascinated by people who produce. To my mind, production area. It's the connection between the crop and the production they are the ones who make the world go around. In 2006, I created 02 06 of champagne. I love transitional spaces. They are very informative. an image with Chinese workers, which was a memorable experience. For the first, I changed my position by reaching out with my arms. I found the same relationship here. Taking a photograph with four It gives the image another dimension." models is never easy, but they remained completely focused on their tool. The mood for this image verges on science fiction."

04 - Hiding in the Blanc de Blancs crayère

"The beauty and majesty of this place intrigued me instantly. 07 - Hiding in Mucha posters There are almost 30 metres of empty space above your head when "The relationship I have with art is essential for my work. In the past, you walk into this chalk cellar. You get a striking sense of time I've worked on canvases by Van Gogh or Picasso. More recently, and history here. I loved the delicacy of how the human hand works I collaborated with JR in New York, and in front of his collage its magic, with the manual riddling techniques [ancestral know-how at the Pyramide du Louvre. Alphonse Mucha [the first artist with that takes years of training to learn]. The complexity and light inside whom Ruinart created a collaboration in 1896] is a key figurehead 03 07 the cellars have a confusing impact on colours, so this photo was in Art Nouveau, and I felt some very powerful emotions when a major challenge. However, I particularly love the result, I worked on this image." which required two long days spent painting."

08 - Lost in Blanc de Blancs bottles "I think this was the most difficult photograph I have ever produced. Because I had to paint both the front and the back of my body due to the mirrors and the reflections, which is a first for me. Frédéric Panaïotis assisted me with this image, which is the last in the series that began in the vineyards. There is a loss of bearings in this photo that I love most of all. You wonder what you are seeing, and if it is reality

04 08 or a projection of reality. That's how the Maison Ruinart draws you in."

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