Yan Tomaszewski, a 2011 graduate, is the winner of the 15th COAL 2024 Prize
For the work Sequana, which he has been working on since 2020, in homage to the healing goddess of the Seine.
Sculptures inspired by anatomical ex-voto found at the sources of the Seine, wooden body fragments have been sculpted, transformed into activated charcoal and then immersed in the river to absorb its pollutants.
The artist will receive €12,000 and a creative residency at the Domaine de Belval.
Sequana - vue de l'exposition © Pierre Antoine - Paris - Musees Carnavalet
Sequana © Fernanda Tafner
