A question of pruning - a cross-section of winegrowing practices

Works of art and historical accounts of the development of this emblematic wine-growing practice combine and complement each other to paint a unique portrait of vine-growing in Burgundy.

The new exhibition from the Le Globe de Meursault association follows in the tradition of recent projects, notably "Moi - je suis vigneron à Meursault", dedicated to the work of ethnologist André Lagrange. If "A question of pruning" is a different exhibition, it's not just because of the change in perspective, which will no longer be local but thematic, but also because Marie-Jo Morey and Karoline Knoth have decided to combine their historical and artistic perspectives on vine pruning.

Marie-Jo Morey has turned her attention to the impact that this stage leaves on the landscape. The rhythms written by the rows of vines on the hillsides are very present in her recent work "BURGUNDY VIBES", in which she tells the story of Burgundy. in which she tells the story of Burgundy, the region where she grew up. In her abstract compositions, she brings together graphic, figurative and dreamlike elements, the fruit of her memories, sensations and observations over the years and the seasons. The shape of the vine, its texture and colours, signatures of the identity of the winegrower who shapes it from year to year through successive prunings, are a source of inspiration. The pruning season, the turning point between winter and spring, marks the renewal of vegetation and the resumption of life throughout the ecosystem. The vine can then reach for the sky, another major source of inspiration, carving out space in dynamic shapes.

Karoline Knoth is interested in what has happened since ethnologist André Lagrange carried out a survey for the Musée des vins de Beaune. With pruning, she has found a gesture somewhere between custom and progress, always the same, but never the same. In interviews with numerous winegrowers between Mercurey and the Côte de Nuits, this basic technique, which looks so simple, reveals its fundamental importance to viticulture and a wide range of unexpected aspects. The many testimonies fit together like pieces of a large jigsaw puzzle to form a vivid picture of Côte de Nuits viticulture.

This exhibition is therefore a mosaic of different approaches, impressions and angles of view, which together paint a portrait of a decisive stage in the cultivation of the vine: pruning.

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