On Ruinart’s Conversations with Nature and Julian Charrière
For almost three centuries, Ruinart Champagne has been inspired by nature’s powerful, diverse and rhythmic ability to shape the Maison and its captivating vision for the Champagne of tomorrow. Ruinart combines tradition with future, intertwined in sustainability and art. In the year of 2025, it continues its Conversations with Nature program. For this year’s program in particular, Berlin-based Swiss artist Julian Charrière created an exclusive series of artworks which reflects the Maison’s outstanding commitment to nature.
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In his artworks, Charrière introduces the mediums of performance, video, sculpture and photography. He travels to remote locations – from volcanoes to ice fields and radioactive sites – and questions the relationship between humans and nature.
“My work revolves around the concept of encounter – an intimate dialogue with places, biomes, and the environment. These moments are more than mere observations – they are a living exchange in which landscape and the present intertwine.” – Julian Charrière.
In his works, Charrière developed a series of photolithographs that depict coral reefs, a tribute to the Lutetian Sea which covered Champagne 45 million years ago. The photolithographs were colored with pigments from local limestone and ground color to intrinsically blend the past and the present. In another installation which will be on display at the Galerie 4 Rue Des Crayères in Reims in the summer of 2025, Charrière produced a work that reflects the early geological history of Champagne up to the threat of today’s coral reefs.
“My work revolves around the concept of encounter – an intimate dialogue with places, biomes, and the environment. These moments are more than mere observations – they are a living exchange in which landscape and the present intertwine.” – Julian Charrière.
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Ruinart is addressing climate change challenges with novel approaches to viticulture and oenology. Their new Cuvée Ruinart Blanc Singulier is an example of this change, a sustainable expression of the Blanc de Blancs, a wine which combines tradition and modernity. The Champagne House is also committed to sustainability by building on the introduction of resource-friendly and second-skin packaging in 2020. Since then, Ruinart has dispensed with traditional gift packaging, using significantly less material.
Ruinart’s close connection to art also remains an integral theme. It collaborated with artists such as Tomás Saraceno, Nils Udo, and Eva Jospin to portray the relationship between humans and nature. Additionally, with the new Ruinart Brand Home that opened last year in Reims, France, located at 4 Rue des Crayères, visitors can also experience tradition, art and innovation up close.
The artworks created for Ruinart by Julian Charrière will be on display for the first time during the Berlin Gallery Weekend from May 1 – 4 of 2025 at the Ruinart Champagne & Art Bar in the PalaisPopulaire (Unter den Linden 5, Berlin). It will then displayed at Art Basel and Frieze Seoul.
Words:
May Zaben
Luxiders Magazine
All Images:
© Courtesy by Ruinart
