Olivier de Sagazan

Trained as a biologist, Olivier de Sagazan turned to painting and sculpture with the omnipresent idea of questioning organic life.

of questioning organic life. From his passion for giving life to matter came the idea of

the idea of covering his own body in clay in order to observe the resulting ‘object’. This experiment

led to the creation of a solo piece, Transfiguration, in 1998, in which a man is gradually

in which a man is gradually disfigured by clay into a kind of monster. This half-man, half-beast is searching

who he is.

“La Messe de l’Âne“. At la Biennale de Venise en juillet 2021 and then at Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes de Charleville-Mézières

“Hands dont touch my precious Me” creation with Wim Vandekeybus in 2021

“Nos coeurs en terre” Creation with David Wahl for SACD Jardin de la vierge Avignon 202

Many artists call on his work as a performer:

FKA Twigs

Ron Frick for the movie “Samsara”

Qiu Yang for the movie “O” produced by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Gareth Pugh and Nick Knight

Wim Vandekeybus

David Wahl …

Books: 

Le Fantôme dans la Machine

Transfiguration

Quand le visage perd sa face

La violence en art

Carnet d’atelier d’Olivier de Sagazan

Propos sur la violence de l’art

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