Sacha Rappo

The La Molière sandstone, from the canton of Fribourg, dresses the sidewalks and staircases of the city. Conceived as contre-monument, these fragments free the Molière shell sandstone from its decorative use in imagined, cut and polished forms that reveal the rich composition of the rock.

Fragment 1, 2021, La Molière sandstone and Lattes traversantes, 2021, spruce wood

Fragment 2, 2021, La Molière sandstone and Lattes traversantes, 2021, spruce wood

Fragment 3, 2021, La Molière sandstone and Bois debout, 2021, spruce wood

Fragment 4, 2021, La Molière sandstone and Bois debout surélevé, 2021, spruce wood

Fragment 1, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 48 x 16 x 18 cm. Lattes traversantes 1, 2021, spruce wood, 34.3 x 91 x 40 cm. Photo: Guillaume Python
Fragment 2, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 25 x 39 x 14 cm. Lattes traversantes 2, 2021, spruce wood, 26 x 111 x 40 cm. Photo: Guillaume Python
Fragment 3, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 37.5 x 18 x 9.5 cm. Bois debout, 2021, spruce wood, 100 x 5.7 x 100 cm. Photo: Guillaume Python
Fragment 4, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 29 x 34 x 15 cm. Bois debout surélevé, 2021, spruce wood, 29 x 120.5 x 29 cm. Photo: Guillaume Python

Fragment 1, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 48 x 16 x 18 cm. Lattes traversantes 1, 2021, spruce wood, 34.3 x 91 x 40 cm
Fragment 2, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 25 x 39 x 14 cm. Lattes traversantes 2, 2021, spruce wood, 26 x 111 x 40 cm
Fragment 3, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 37.5 x 18 x 9.5 cm. Bois debout, 2021, spruce wood, 100 x 5.7 x 100 cm
Fragment 4, 2021, La Molière sandstone, 29 x 34 x 15 cm. Bois debout surélevé, 2021, spruce wood, 29 x 120.5 x 29 cm
Photos: Guillaume Python