This intimate place dedicated to contemporary art is located in the old cellars of the Château Bonisson wine estate. It wishes to intervene in the highlighting of works but also in the development of the artists’ careers through support for production (patronage, residency, scholarship, publications, etc.) and the organisation of 4 exhibitions per year.
This intimate place dedicated to contemporary art is located in the old cellars of the Château Bonisson wine estate. It wishes to intervene in the highlighting of works but also in the development of the artists’ careers through support for production (patronage, residency, scholarship, publications, etc.) and the organisation of 4 exhibitions per year.
Constructed and concrete art are not cold abstractions; they are the very architecture of our emotions, wrested from chaos. In this exhibition, the straight line does more than divide space: it directs it towards the heart. Here, the rigour of the plane becomes a refuge for clarity. Each work is a poem of pure forms, a precise arrangement in which materiality recedes to reveal the essential. Structures do not hold the gaze; they set it free. Then comes the miracle of light. It does not merely illuminate the canvas or sculpture; it seems to emanate from the work itself. Pigments capture the daylight, volumes carve out shadow, and from this perfect balance emerges an inner clarity. What you see is no longer a juxtaposition of geometric forms, but a pure vibration: a glimmer of the soul suspended in time, an invitation to contemplate the secret and luminous order of the world.
Group exhibition in partnership with Galerie marie-robin
Artists : Dominique Chapuis, Emmanuel Segaut, Manfred Makra, Loannis Lassithiotakis, Astrid Schröder, Daniel de Spirt et Hans Schüle.
Bonisson Art Center
177 Route des Mauvares
13840 Rognes
+33 (0)4 42 66 90 20
bonisson.com
October to May: Tuesday to Sunday, 1.30 pm to 6.30 pm
May to October: Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 7pm
Free entry.
Free guided tours every other Sunday, bookable via the website.
Booking: bonisson.com/visite-guidee
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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• Marché des producteurs : in the heart of the village of Rognes on Wednesday morning.
• Abbaye de Silvacane: Cistercian abbey located in the commune of La Roque-d'Anthéron.
PLACES TO EAT
• Le Préau : bistronomic restaurant in Rognes, fresh products and short circuit.
• Le Piano Gourmand : Brasserie and pizzeria in Rognes.
• Le Bocage : in the heart of the old village of La Roque d'Anthéron.
PLACES TO STAY
• L’Atelier du Château Bonisson) : Seasonal rental in the heart of the estate, adjacent to the Bonisson Art Center.
• Château de Fonscolombe : 5 star hotel with wine estate located in Puy-Sainte-Réparade.
• Mas des Chênes : bed and breakfast in Rognes