SAULAVY -SALT IS LIFE - Laurent-David Garnier

Solo Exhibition
Les Tours de la Rochelle & la chapelle des Dames Blanches, La Rochelle
Mondes Nouveaux (Ministère de la Culture, France) & Ville de La Rochelle
From June 3 to September 3, 2023
Exhibition Design (tour de la Chaîne) : Théo Demans
Graphic designers : H•Alix Sanyas  (conception) et Pascal Sémur (layout)



SAULAVY  is an imaginary and sensory map of the seashore, exploring the multiple metamorphosis of salt in the marches.
A nod to SELAVY and Marcel Duchamp’s dada / surrealistic sensibility, Laurent-David Garnier blurs the boundaries between the natural and the artificial to create a post-nature marine landscape, with salts, algae, pigments, glass, scent, gym and beach objects, sound and video. In this mytho-poetic environment, inspired by Charente’s coastal landscape, the artist reveals the hybridity of salt life while exposing humans' destructive desires for the seashore, the water and the beach.  

Tours de la Rochelle website
Mondes Nouveaux website
Press article in Les Inrocks

These exhibitions would not have been possible without the support of Ville de La Rochelle Ville de la Rochelle  and Mondes nouveaux (initiated by le ministère de la Culture and Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN). Special thanks to Doria Ardiet and Isis Jourda.

La chapelle des Dames Blanches

Tour de la Chaîne