Va tornar amb sacs de terra vermella i rebuig. Lionel Sabatté

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend, the RocioSantaCruz gallery will present the first solo exhibition in Spain of Lionel Sabatté (Toulouse, Françe, 1975). Is a sculptor, painter, drawer and, more recently, photographer. Lionel Sabattéchas become known above all for his use of unusual materials in art, that extracts from the realm ofcthe discarded: in particular, dust, dead skin and nails. Clay also plays an important role in his work.

His exhibition at RocioSantaCruz will showcase all of Lionel Sabatté’s talent through a series of works created expressly for the occasion. Les Terres de l’Ebre, in the south of Catalonia, with its landscapes, its soil and its cave paintings of Cocó de la Gralla, has inspired him to create a series of sculptures, paintings, photographs and drawings of spellbinding beauty. The traces of time, between prehistory and the contemporary world, permeate the artist’s work.

*With the collaboration of the Ceysson & Bénétière gallery and Alain Quemin.