Lionel Sabatté Uses Giverny Pond Mud as Pigment for Monet Tribute
Lionel Sabatté, a 2025 Marcel Duchamp Prize nominee, has created 'La mémoire du limon' using silt dredged from Monet's water lily pond at Giverny during restoration. The organic mud, dried and ground, becomes pigment for silkscreen prints of archival and current images. The exhibition runs from May 29 to December 23, 2026, at the Musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet. On May 31, 2026, a daytime fireworks display by the world's leading pyrotechnic artist (Beijing 2008 ceremonies) will take place on the Seine banks in Vernon, featuring drones, colored smoke flowers, and ghostly brushstrokes in the sky, honoring Monet's garden.
Key facts
- Lionel Sabatté is a 2025 Marcel Duchamp Prize nominee.
- The exhibition is titled 'La mémoire du limon'.
- Sabatté used silt from Monet's water lily pond at Giverny.
- The pond was dredged for restoration.
- The dried mud is used as pigment for silkscreen prints.
- The exhibition runs from May 29 to December 23, 2026.
- A daytime fireworks display occurs on May 31, 2026, in Vernon.
- The pyrotechnic artist performed at the 2008 Beijing ceremonies.
Entities
Artists
- Lionel Sabatté
- Claude Monet
Institutions
- Musée Blanche Hoschedé-Monet
- Marcel Duchamp Prize
Locations
- Giverny
- Vernon
- Seine