Lionel Sabatté: Sculpting with Coins and Dust
Lionel Sabatté creates a three-meter crocodile from one-cent euro coins, exhibited at the Jardin des Plantes during FIAC's off-site program. His studio contains blowtorches, paints, and fossilized shark teeth, reflecting a chaotic creative process. Sabatté collects coins from bars and dust from the Châtelet metro station in Paris, using the latter to create life-sized wolf packs. His works explore species extinction, economic circulation, and the link between marine depths and the unconscious. Upcoming shows include 'Animal Paradise' at the Centre d'art contemporain in Istres (April 30–October 12, 2013) and 'Bruissements' at Galerie Isabelle Gounod in Paris (from June 20, 2013).
Key facts
- Lionel Sabatté created a three-meter crocodile from one-cent euro coins.
- The crocodile was exhibited at the Jardin des Plantes during FIAC's off-site program in 2012.
- Sabatté collects coins from bars and dust from the Châtelet metro station.
- He uses dust to create life-sized wolf sculptures.
- His works address species extinction and economic circulation.
- Sabatté was born in 1975 in Toulouse.
- He lives and works in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais.
- Upcoming exhibition 'Animal Paradise' at Centre d'art contemporain, Istres, April 30–October 12, 2013.
Entities
Artists
- Lionel Sabatté
- Léa Bismuth
Institutions
- FIAC
- Jardin des Plantes
- Galerie Patricia Dorfmann
- BackSlash Gallery
- Centre d'art contemporain, Istres
- Galerie Isabelle Gounod
- Aquarium de Paris
- Prix Yishu 8
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Jardin des Plantes
- Châtelet metro station
- Toulouse
- Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
- Pékin
- Maribor
- Slovénie
- Istres
Sources
- artpress —