“I am flabbergasted in seeing to what degree people think it is normal to be alive. All my focus is to reveal this strangeness of being in the world. The Disfigurement in art, that i call: the passage from Holy Face to the Meat Face, is a way to return to real life. ” Olivier de Sagazan
At first painter and sculptor, Olivier is more and more working in the living arts (performance, dance, theater). He has since made more than 300 performances in twenty different countries. His performances have led to numerous collaborations with artists from the world of fashion, cinema and music, such as : Ron Frick for Samsara , FKA Twigs, Mylène Farmer, Nick Knight, Gareth Pugh, Mario Sorrenti Nick Antosca, Bartosz Konopka , Qiu Yang, Wim Vandekeybus for a dance creation , first end of october Ferrara Italy Hands do not touch your precious Me
Bibliography :
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, la violence dans l’art