David Shrigley's Unconventional Bubbles for Ruinart

David Shrigley has created a series of works titled Unconventional Bubbles for Ruinart, the French champagne house. The collaboration includes 36 drawings and gouaches, three neon pieces, two ceramics, and a door. Shrigley spent time at Ruinart's facilities in Reims, observing the winemaking process and carving reliefs into the chalk crayères. He also designed a limited-edition jeroboam of Blanc de Blancs, with 30 numbered and signed coffrets, each including a checkerboard referencing one of his drawings. The project follows previous collaborations with Liu Bolin (2018) and Vik Muniz (2019). Shrigley's work humorously addresses environmental themes, emphasizing the fragility of nature in champagne production. The pieces were created before the COVID-19 pandemic, and some now resonate differently.