CHRISTIAN LE DORZE

After dedicating the first part of his life to medicine, Christian Le Dorze acquired the Château Bonisson vineyard in Rognes, Provence, in 2017, and created the Bonisson Art Center, a space dedicated to contemporary art in the estate's former wine cellars. This 300 square meter art center reflects its collector's passion, being a place open to the public and to all contemporary artistic disciplines, free for reflections, confrontations, and experiments.

Just like the Bonisson Art Center, Christian Le Dorze's curatorial choices offer key insights for navigating the world of contemporary art. This new selection emphasizes the collector's attachment to abstraction, architecture, forms, and light. Notable works include Philippe Decrauzat's monograph "un artiste protéiforme menant une lecture critique de l’histoire de l’abstraction géométrique et une réflexion sur la nature des arts visuels" (Walther König, 2022), as well as the magnificent monograph of James Turrell "A Retrospective" (DelMonico Books / D.A.P., 2022), which immerses us in a revolutionary work around light and space.

The carte blanche given to Christian Le Dorze also highlights theoretical and retrospective works on photography and the history of this medium. Noteworthy are the invaluable essay "La chambre claire" by Roland Barthes (Gallimard, 1980), the unprecedented project around the reference work "Henri Cartier-Bresson - Le grand jeu" (BnF Éditions, 2021), and the manifesto book "Une histoire mondiale des femmes photographes" (Textuel, 2020).