Champagne house Perrier-Jouët has unveiled its latest collaboration with Japanese artist Ritsue Mishima, at Design Miami/ 2015.Mishima’s installation, titled All’ombra della luce (In the shadow of light), shows off her mastery at fusing a Japanese-influenced aesthetic with the glassmaking tradition of Venice, where she has been based since 1989. As the title suggests, the piece plays off the ideas of light and shadow, evoking the seasons of spring and summer in the gardens of the vineyard, as well as the darkness of its cellars, respectively.Hundreds of clear blown glass discs hang from the ceiling of a room, diffusing light throughout the space, evoking bubbles and ripples. Each one unique and suspended at a different height, the discs are reinterpretations of the maison’s anemone motif — which is also rendered in a stylized pattern on the walls.Sitting serenely as if on a wooden pedestal in the center of the space is Mishima’s second creation: an organic-yet-avant-garde formed blown glass bucket that evokes the bubbles of a champagne, and serves as the perfect vessel for holding a bottle and a couple of chilled flutes.“When I visited the Maison Belle Epoque in Epernay, I remember being struck by the delicate light in which the garden was bathed,” says Mishima. “The subtle shade of the [Cuvée Belle Epoque], the elegant bubbles catching the light, and the delicate anemones winding around the bottle influenced the creative process.”She adds: “My glass is transparent and colorless. It is lit by the rays of the sun, by reflections on water, and by the emotions of those who observe it. It captures light and surrounding color, then liberates them once more.”Perrier-Jouët first collaborated with Art Nouveau pioneer Emile Gallé, who created the anemone design for the house’s Belle Epoque prestige cuvée, in 1902. Since then, it has commissioned work from artists all over the world, including Daniel Arsham, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, Miguel Chevalier, Makoto Azuma, Tord Boontje, Studio Glithero and Simon Heijdens, Vik Muniz and, most recently, mischer’traxler.At the same time, Ruinart has also launched its latest creative collaboration, with French artist Hubert le Gall, at Art Basel in Miami Beach.Also working with Venice’s Murano glass makers, le Gall has reinterpreted Ruinart’s Blanc de Blanc as 12 sculptural glass works — each one representing a calendar month, reflecting in totality his year-long journey through Ruinart’s vineyard in Reims.Le Gall, known for designing functional and poetic pieces of furniture and working as a scenographer for numerous French and international exhibitions, used both grapes and grapevines as symbols of the cycle of life.The artist also designed a limited-edition coffret to encase Ruinart’s renowned Blanc de Blancs bottle. Featuring flowing stylized lines, it will be showcased alongside le Gall’s “glass calendar” sculpture installation in the VIP/Collectors Lounge at Art Basel in Miami Beach from December 2-6, where Ruinart is the official champagne sponsor.Ruinart’s longstanding relationship with the arts has seen it commission works from other artists such as Maarten Baas, India Mahdavi, Alphonse Mucha, Gideon Rubin, Patricia Urquiola, Piet Hein Eek, and Georgia Russell.
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