Exit the bouquet of withered roses on your great aunt’s dining table! For the new edition of When Flowering is an art, several vegetable decorators from France and abroad use their talent to transform the rooms of the Château de Chaumont into a real garden.
Chantal Colleu-Dumond, director of the estate and the event, describes a “generational stroll”, where “confirmed talents and floral designers of the future pass on their knowledge. In the world we live in, we need dreams, escape, and creations are there for that. “
A total spectacle
Among the artists present in the exhibition, there are nevertheless the world champion of florists 1997 Gilles Pothier, a winner of the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2011 Charline Pritscaloff, or the Belgian champion 2001 Tomas De Bruyne *. Excuse the little … “Here, we can express ourselves freely, we have carte blanche” enthuses Charline Pritscaloff. Beyond the beauty of the works, Gilles Pothier also wishes to underline the role of the framework: “the environment surrounding the event is sumptuous, we are bathed in nature, which makes the event even more interesting. “
The magnificence of the place, whether inside or outside the castle, allows the works to develop fully. The spectacle is total, and astonishing. You won’t soon see a “new generation still life” (like the work of Frédéric Dupré) unfurling from a pool table, or even an “octopus” made from a hundred stems. orchids (the work of Charline Pritscaloff) take place in a royal bedroom.
Fifty Shades of Green
If the creations are original, they nevertheless obey a few rules and trends, as in all forms of art. For example, while the dried flower has recently presented itself as the “star of green”, the artists of this edition of When Flowering is an art are distinguished by the use of a wide variety of plants. Flowers and plants are used in all their shapes, textures and colors.
“The artists who are here use plants and flowers like a painter uses his gouaches, like a musician uses his notes”, specifies the director of the place.
“The flower in a bouquet wilts, and never is reborn”, as the poet says. But visitors to the Chaumont-sur-Loire exhibition still have until November 7 to see the last fires in the gardens of the famous festival organized every year in the area.
* But also the Italian Rudy Casati, the talented Pascal Mutel and Frédéric Dupré or even François Dinet and his apprentices from the École des Fleuristes de Paris