In the second incarnation of the TERRA exhibition in and around Beaune, Burgundy, Milena Berman and her team again found exquisite venues not normally accessible to the public and carefully inserted contemporary artworks taking up the dialogue with their architectural surrounding.
I had the the opportunity to visit Chateau de Chevigny-en-Valière, a crumbling end-of-19th-century manor situated in the plains southeast of Beaune.
Nino Sarabutra – What will you leave behind?
In the small chapel of the manor, the floor is covered by skull-shaped ceramic moulds and visitors are invited to take of their shoes, walk on it and reflect on their mortality. A truly remarkable experience.
The Italian theatre of the manor, with text installations.
Several works were placed in the staircases where they interact with the verticality of the setting.
Nicky Hodge – Make Light
Among them, an iridescent panel by Syagini Ratna Wulan – O = 96,482 F 12,1212 (Thermal ii), an artist who is also represented by several other acrylic/stainless steel objects.
Max Wechsler – 96-EMT-4
An aluminum sculpture with imprints of a violent impact by Rebecca Halliwell Sutton and a painting by Antoine Langenieux-Villard.
Niamh O’Malley – Parenthesis
One room of the upper level is dominated by an impressive and enigmatic installation made of of salt and copper by Mariana Hahn.
