Olivier de Sagazan

Olivier de Sagazan (born 1959 in Brazzaville, Congo) is a French artist, painter, sculptor and performer.[1] De Sagazan's work typically centers around the artist building layers of clay and paint onto his own face and body.[2] His work was seen in the 2011 documentary film Samsara by Ron Fricke.[3] He has collaborated with Mylène Farmer, inspiring and appearing in her video for À l'ombre and FKA Twigs for her performance piece Rooms. He collaborated with Nick Knight and Gareth Pugh on the fashion film presenting Pugh's S/S 18 collection.[4]

Olivier de Sagazan
Olivier de Sagazan in "Transformation" (2008).
Born1959 (age 61–62)
Brazzaville
Known forPerformance art, sculptor, painter
Websiteolivierdesagazan.com

Television

In Channel Zero: Candle Cove he portrays The Skin Taker.

See also

Performance art

References
  1. "Le Nazairien Olivier De Sagazan se transforme à Hollywood". L'Echo de la Presqu'île (in French). 2 June 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. Genecand, Marie-Pierre (4 February 2016). "Au festival Antigel, Olivier de Sagazan a stupéfié avec ses visages modelés". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  3. Turan, Kenneth (30 August 2012). "Review: 'Samsara' is a frustrating beauty". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
    - Bishop, Bryan (10 September 2012). "Film without words: the 70mm story of life, death, and rebirth in 'Samsara'". The Verge. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. Gareth Pugh S/S 18, YouTube, 16 September 2017
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