Discovery of exhibitions hung on a limestone wall

Name: Hallazgo de exposiciones colgadas en una pared de piedra caliza
Start: 2022-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Mur Blanc

Come discover two exhibitions hung on the wall: one of photos and another of sculptures.

16 - 18 septiembre 2022Passed

©Ville de Marmoutier

Come discover two exhibitions hung on the wall: one of photos and another of sculptures.

The White Wall is a true artistic showcase, which presents an exhibition on giant tarpaulins of photos made from autochromes of Albert Kahn as well as the sculptures of Romanesque inspiration created by the artists during the 5 symposium of sculptures on stone and fly, work of the sculptor François Dos Santos realized for the 1st Récup Art festival in 2022.

About the location

Mur Blanc

20 Rue de Schwenheim, 67440 Marmoutier

Bas-Rhin
Grand Est

The wall of the gardens of the abbey of Marmoutier dates from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It surrounded the part reserved for the convent’s gardens (ornamental, vegetable garden and orchard) and the abbey’s fish ponds. With a length of almost 800m, the work is original by the nature of its materials. Indeed, the majority of the architectural works of the region are made of pink sandstone, and this one is largely built of limestone, which gave it its name of "White Wall". This characteristic makes it a picturesque element of the Maurimonasterian landscape
The wall of the abbey gardens is one of the first monuments that visitors see when they arrive at Marmoutier.