Opus One Art Catalogue

Hanging sculpture, “An Aggregation”, Seon-Ghi Bahk, Born in 1966, Seoul Korea

Charcoal, Nylon Thread

Commissioned by Opus One, 2016

Seon-Ghi Bahk is a mixed media artist.  He studied in both Milan and London and now resides and works in his home of Seoul Korea.  He has exhibited all over the world, the Opera Gallery in Dubai and Miami Fl. to mention a few places.

Opus One commissioned this piece.  Bahk was given the dimensions of the space, some minimal information and asked to create his own design.  You are meant to see the individual pieces spread through space, coming together as an aggregation of the iconic “O” of Opus One

“Its nature over man in the drawings and installations of Seon-Ghi Bahk”

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Toshi Yoshida, Japan 1911-1995.

Wood Block Print, Kyoto Japan 1954.

Toshi Yoshida followed in his fathers’ wood block printing footsteps coming into his own after World War II.  Though his earlier works are primarily traditional landscapes and animals, in his later years, he became a leader in the Sosaku-Hanga Movement – an art movement of wood block printing which was conceived in early 20^th century Japan.  It stressed the artist as the sole creator motivated by a desire for self-expression, and advocated principals of art that are “self-drawn”, “self-carved”, and “self-printed”.

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John Shea, Born 1989 Baltimore MD

Joined small shapes of clay ceramic, luminescent multi-layer glaze 2019

Acquired from Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles CA

John Shea is a graduate of RIT in Rochester NY with a Masters in Ceramics in 2018 from the University of Wisconsin.

“As an object maker, I create a dialog between objects and plinths.” John Shea

“…forms built from mounds of clay.” Jrsheastudio.com

John Shea has exhibited at Nazareth College, Rochester NY,

New Arts Group, to mention a few.

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Contemporary painting, pigment and silver leaf * arches paper. Edition 3 of 5 – 2013

Ando is a 16^th generation descendant of a Bizen sword maker.  She was born in the US, graduated from UC Berkley, Masters work at Yale University and currently resides in New York City.  She has won the prestigious Venice Biennale Award.

Ando has exhibited in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, LACMA, The Hermitage Museum to name a few.

Ando’s work is characterized by deep interest in native phenomena as well as the relationship of people to time and perception.

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Original Oil on Canvas

Chicago, IL

George Fischer graduated from the American Academy of Art in Chicago as a highly skilled technical realist.  He moved to New Mexico bothered by the commonplace of this realistic style where he expanded to more complex imagery and is well known today as a still life surrealist painter.

Fischer has exhibited in Chicago, New Mexico and many other locations and has permanent installations in the Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, to name a few.

“Regarding the empty clothing in Fischer’s paintings, it’s a statement regarding the passage of time.  Often, objects remain after we have passed and they provide much of the continuity and context to our civilization”

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Charcoal on canvas.

Lee Bae works in monochrome sending him into the abyss of blackness.  He seeks depths of intensity through noncolor.  Charcoal is a frequent medium – to create minimal mosaic-like assemblages.

Lee Bae has had exhibits worldwide, and is featured in the permanent collections in the Seoul Museum of Art, Musee Guimet, Paris, Privada Allegro Foundation, Madrid to name a few.

Lea Bae splits his creative time between Paris France and Seoul Korea.

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Mionde Rope Table, Christian Astuguevielle, Born 1946 Paris France

Custom Natural Hemp Rope over Teak, glass top 2019

Acquired through Holly Hunt Los Angeles

Christian Astuguevielle is a Parisian furniture designer, heavily influenced by the 1960s especialy artists Andy Worhol, Roy Lichenstein and Tom Wasselmann and the Japanese aesthetics of Wabi-Sabi and Furoshiki.  He perfected the art of wrapping objects with bundles of unique textiles.

He is also the artistic director for perfumes for Comme des Garcons and has created over 60 perfumes.

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Pierre Bonnard, 1867-1974 France

Gouache, Pastel and colored Crayon, 1942

Mrs. Mondavi obtained this print specifically for the Salon.  The original hangs in the Art Cuellar-Nathan in Zurich Switzerland.

Bonnard, known as a Post Impressionist and founded (with Vuillard) the Intimist movement – a fascination with every-day life – has work in the permanent collections at the Tate London, Art Institute Chicago, Museum of Modern Art New York, and the Louvre Paris to name a few.

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South Stairwell, The Queen and the Lizard

Kala Stein, Ceramic Artist Sonoma CA 1979 –

Brown and Black clay, Porcelain, midnight blue and gold glaze 2013

Commissioned by Opus One in 2023, Kala Stein, a ceramic artist in Sonoma CA was challenged by the unusual alcove space in the South stairwell of our Terrace.

Kala created abstract sculptures of two-star constellations, Cassiopeia (the queen) and Lacerta (the lizard), specific to the location of Opus One in glazed ceramics, mounted on metal tubing and back lit with low voltage LED lighting. “The round star forms are a nod to the architecture of Opus One and the ‘clayness’ expressed in the surfaces of the stars reminds us how the earth, or terroir is so influential in wine making.”

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Broken clay wall piece

Pekka Paikkari, Born 1960 Finland

Original clay and found wood.

Acquired through Holser Burrows Gallery SF.

Pekka Paikkari has work in the British Museum in London, the Ceramics Museum in Barcelona Spain, Shigaraki Museum of Contemporary Ceramics in Japan.

He is considered one of the most important modernist of Finish ceramic art, and bridges the gap between trademark handicrafts, design and free art.

“For me human presence is the starting point of art.  Clay is a flexible material for expression and as such continues the history of time.”  Pekka Paikkari

Pekka Paikkari also is the potter that makes our tea bowls and tea pots.

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In separate Forward Facing meetings held for selected team members from Guest Relations, the Cellar Crew and the future of Overture, Graphic facilitator Tom Benthin, was hired to put thoughts and visions of the future of the teams into graphic posters so all could see the big picture with step by step graphics.  “When people can SEE what they’re talking about, they get SMARTER.” Tom Benthin.  Our CEO, Chris Lynch asked Tom to distill those 3 sets of posters into 2 posters that reflected the forward facing vision for all of Opus One to 2030.

Plush Pile Abstract Design 1990, remade in 2016.

Enhanced colors (by Kaye Fleming)

Decorative Carpets Inc, Thailand.

Scott Johnson was chief architect for the Opus One building and designed the rugs in the Salon as a favor to Mrs. Mondavi.  Johnson was inspired by the artist Wassily Kandinsky.  The design suggests rows of cypress trees and agricultural cultivation patterns.  Mrs. Mondavi stated the rugs were meant to be “harmonious, bringing the two strong periods and continents together.”

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