Olivier de Sagazan (born 1959 in Brazzaville, Congo^{[citation needed]}) is a French artist, painter, sculptor and performer.[1] His most famous performance “Transfiguration” was created in 1998, with more than 300 performances in 25 countries. In this fascinating performance "Transfiguration", Sagazan changes identities on stage from man to animal and from animal to various hybrid creatures. He pierces, obliterates and unravels the layers on his face in a frenzied search for new essence and form. In this regard he has stated “I am flabbergasted in seeing to what degree people think it’s normal, or even trite, to be alive”. In "Transfiguration" he gives new meaning to the notion of life, offering a captivating, disturbing and stirring glimpse into an alternative selfhood utterly unconstrained by inhibition.

Olivier de Sagazan
Olivier de Sagazan in "Transformation" (2008).
Born	1959 (age 62–63) Brazzaville
Known for	Performance art, sculptor, painter
Website	olivierdesagazan.com

His performance “Transfiguration” has led to numerous collaborations with artists such as:

• FKA Twigs[2]
• Ron Fricke for the movie Samsara[3]
• Qiu Yang for the movie O produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien[4]
• Gareth Pugh and Nick Knight[5]
• Wim Vandekeybus[6]
• David Wahl[7]

Television

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

See also

Performance art

References

External links

Media related to Olivier de Sagazan at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• A journey to the edge of anxiety: an interview with Olivier de Sagazan with Art Media Agency

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