Art in Wine Culture ~~ Provocative

 🍷2006 Mouton Rothschild 

Artist :  Lucian Freud 

2006 was a hot and dry year full of surprises weather  for vineyard growth and the harvest time came in 5th of October ,later than usual . 

The color of this 2006 wine appeared Attractive and Cherry red , and beside the berry fruit sensation, the expression of milky creamy note and toasted aroma w  with oak  signified the character of this vintage .  

Artist Lucian Freud (1922--2011 ) , born in Berlin later raised in London, grandson of the founder of Psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud, a non traditional artist who defied the common notion of contemporaries. Freud was known for his realistic portrait paintings including Elizabeth II, the Queen of England and the highest price living artist painting sold in 2008 auction ! At his early age, he was influenced by surrealism, but later he did not follow the trends of his contemporaries searching for symbolic, abstract and conceptual , but he remains his foremost unique style by depicting his family members, friends and surroundings with vigorous strokes and powerful expressions in violent volumes,  and a lot of times, in explicitly and provocatively realistic  portrait and nudity, for instance" Portrait of Francis Bacon " "Girl with White Dog", "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping "  and "Kate Moss ".   

He never shied away from Flesh and physical body, of which Freud never considered beautifying the figure，complexion and appearance of the posing model, because realism was his token and belief.  His highly praised talent of observation and analysis on one's character and disposition was manifested in his paintings, as the viewer  may feel the presence of this person on the portrait speaking to him with emotions and expression. Nevertheless, he may have stimulated the viewers with some tormented feelings after viewing his art works, his distinctive fame surged in his mature years after 1980s, for his true revelation of human figure and portraits. In 1987-88, a travelling exhibition of his works in Washington, Paris, London and Berlin confirmed his position at the leading edge of contemporary figurative realism.  

 Mouton Routhschild commissioned Lucian Freud to paint the 2006 label and he intentionally transcribed his drinking pleasure and joy into this particular label that the grape vines transformed into a spring palm tree and the goat into a zebra. Zebra is sniffing the palm tree as if the desire , anticipaton and excitement of the animal to enjoy the wine was so fantastic and beyond reality, so that in showing in a  colorful and comic matter.

2006 年是個又熱又乾燥的一年，氣候充滿驚喜，葡萄藤成熟的晚，十月5日才收成，比往年晚。

 2006年的酒款顏色呈現出迷人的櫻桃紅，除了漿果的感覺外，乳白色的奶油味和帶有橡木味的烘烤香氣代表了這款葡萄酒的特點。

本年度畫家：盧西安·弗洛伊德（1922--2011），出生於柏林，後在倫敦長大，是精神分析學家西格蒙德·弗洛伊德（Sigmund Freud）創始人的孫子，弗洛伊德是一位挑戰當代普遍觀念的非傳統藝術家。 弗洛伊德以其寫實肖像畫而聞名，包括英國女王伊麗莎白二世和 2008 年拍賣會最高價畫作的在世畫家！ 早年受到超現實主義的影響，但後來他並沒有追隨同時代人追求象徵性、抽象性和概念性的潮流，但他仍然保持著自己最獨特的風格，以充滿活力的筆觸描繪家人、朋友和周圍環境。 他粗暴的力量表達，顕現在明確及現實的人像及裸體中，例如“弗朗西斯培根的肖像”“帶白狗的女孩”，“福利主管睡覺”和“凱特莫斯”。

 他從不迴避肉體和身體，弗洛伊德從不考慮美化模特兒的身材，皮膚及外表，因為現實主義是他的信條和信仰。 他對一個人的細節和個性的觀察和分析能力得到了高度評價，在他的畫中得到了體現，因為觀眾可能會感覺到這個人在肖像上的存在，用情感和表情對他說話。 觀眾在觀看他的藝術作品後可能還是有痛苦的感受，感官體驗刺激，儘管如此，他在1980年代後的成熟歲月中, 對人物和肖像的真實展現，仍然聲名鵲起。  1987-88 年間，他在華盛頓、巴黎、倫敦和柏林的巡迴展覽，更確定了他在當代「具象現實主義」的引領地位。

Mouton Routhschild 委託盧西安·弗洛伊德為 2006 年的酒標作畫，他有意將他的飲酒樂趣和喜悅轉錄到這個特殊的標籤上，葡萄藤變成了春天的棕櫚樹，山羊變成了斑馬。 斑馬嗅著棕櫚樹，彷彿動物享受美酒的渴望、期待和興奮是那麼的奇妙，超乎現實，從而呈現在一個色彩斑斕、滑稽可愛的事物中。