For the latest project in Ruinart’s 300th-anniversary countdown, land art pioneer Nils-Udo has unveiled HABITATS, a trio of ephemeral, organic nests that dapple the champagne maison’s Reims vin...
For the latest project in Ruinart’s 300th-anniversary countdown, land art pioneer Nils-Udo has unveiledPhotography: Romain Guittet
‘I was immediately inspired,’ says German artist and land art pioneer Nils-Udo at the unveiling of his monumental new commission for Maison Ruinart, as he casts his gaze out to the grapevine-laden landscape in the Champagne region. The 85-year-old artist’s ephemeral ‘nests’ – a trio of 3m-tall structures fanning out across the countryside – comprise vines and shoots removed from Ruinart’s Taissy vineyard as part of the maison’s efforts to diversify the natural ecosystem.
Born in 1937 in Lauf an der Pegnitz, Nils-Udo has been working in and with nature since the 1970s to create site-specific installations using organic materials. ‘What interests me is the fact that things live, grow and die. I am surrounded by nature,’ the artist once said. ‘I insert myself into it, working to the rhythm of the seasons.’ In recent years, the artist – who studied graphic arts in Nuremberg – has been creating paintings in tandem with his in-situ sculptures and photography.
The champagne house has nurtured partnerships with artists since 1986, in previous years collaborating with the likes of
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