Johan Creten

Starting from the 3rd june 2016, Johan Creten is invited to invest the vineyard as well as the estate of the Château de Pommard (Côte d'or, France). A selection of of his artwork will be integrated both into the nature and the buildings surrounding, offering a powerful confrontation between this now legendary artist and this exceptional estate.Johan Creten (born 1963 in Belgium) is a Flemish sculptor based in Paris, working wherever he has the opportunity, from The Hague to New York, from Miami to Mexico. Considered a frontrunner in the revival of ceramics in contemporary art with Thomas Schütte and Lucio Fontana, he is also known for his large-scale bronze sculptures. Major examples of Creten's virtuosity were shown at the Galerie Perrotin in New York in 2015 for his solo exhibition "God Is a Stranger". He exhibited, among many other places, in the Renaissance rooms of the Louvre Museum, in dialogue with Bernard Palissy; at the musée national Eugène Delacroix in Paris; the Bass Museum in Miami; the Middelheim Museum in Antwerp; and the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.

Starting from the 3rd june 2016, Johan Creten is invited to invest the vineyard as well as the estate of the Château de Pommard (Côte d'or, France). A selection of of his artwork will be integrated both into the nature and the buildings surrounding, offering a powerful confrontation between this now legendary artist and this exceptional estate.