In vino veritas ? The love affair between Dionysus and Nikaia is nevertheless the fruit of a legend which gives its origin to the Nice vineyard.
To celebrate this union between the god of wine and the fierce nymph, César Malfi chose to evoke the two protagonists in the fullness of their youth and beauty. At the entrance to the cellar of Château Crémât, their faces with refined features are thus drawn in a shade of gray restoring the materiality and modeling of the marble. Drawing on the ancient statuary of which he makes flesh, the urban artist summons this myth with the desire to reactivate a memory while respecting his immediate environment.
In the strong colours of the place, the green of lush vegetation and the red of the castle walls, he adds a black and white work, discreet but striking for a formal and serene dialogue.

Crémat Castle, Nice, January 2022.