His art looks better than half of these new horror films that come out and rely mostly on CGI

he would make a great artist in the horror genre

This guy would totally fit in a Tool video.

The gateway of the mind creepypasta was legendary back in the day when we all thought this was real.

Fun Fact: Olivier is the same guy that plays the Skin Taker in Channel Zero's Candle Cove

I'm generally not a fan of performance art or whatever this is, but EVERY single video you've dropped has covered the exceptions & my favorite topics. It's crazy! Saw a video of this guy when I was young and it haunted me. First rediscovered him in a fan-made video for a song by TOBACCO.

Cool to hear the story behind this video and his philosophy behind the art. It’s nice when the Internet finds these relatively obscure art pieces and makes them go viral.

I'm happy to see you covering Olivier and his work. I'm an artist myself, so I get wanting to find ways to take art to the next level. Each artist's method is their own, and this was Olivier's. Hopefully this will get more people to see him as something more than "That guy from the creepy dank web videos".

I just want to know how he breathes under all that clay

the scariest thing about his work is that he's french

I went to art school for a short period of my life, when I was studying Francis Bacon’s art, my professor showed me Olivier’s work. I really enjoy his work. Thank you for the video

If been following Sazagan for seven ish years. If anyone else did this, I would think they’d be someone who just wants to be like a tiktok influencer or something like that. These pieces he does with his face are insane and one of the most original ideas I’ve ever seen an artist do without it being insincere or hacked. His work reminds me of the German expressionism or something, I don’t know. I just really respect this guys work and I don’t know anyone else who could pull this off

I purchased a few of his prints a few years back and absolutely adore them. His art spoke to me from the first moment I saw a video. I am so happy to see you covering his work. I get tired of seeing him get what is essentially creepypasta status for his amazing performance art.

i love to see performance art talked about with respect. so many people think of it as a joke or an example of a waste of art funding. i think the popularity of marina abramovic has helped demystify perfornance art a lot. but there can still be a lot of dismissal of performances that make people uncomfortable. melati suryodarmo takes a lot of flak online for her work, i think because people imagine artists do what they do in dead seriousness, whereas i think it's possible for the artist to acknowledge or even play on the humour of doing something weird - humour and joy and awkwardness can be a side effect or can even be part of what the performance interrogates. sometimes we as the audience should try to just sit with those feelings a bit more.

I remember when this was a viral video, so good to hear the actual background story.

I remember seeing these like 6 years ago when a classmate showed me. It’s genuinely unsettling how the interpretive nature of the faces he creates makes them oddly more scary

Found a new artist to adore today! Also, I just want to say how much I love the recent focus you've had on art. It's such a rich topic and your coverage is thoughtful and engaging. The mainstream opinion of art, especially performance art, as a waste of time or pretentious because people are terrified of being "wrong" and so refuse to engage with anything interpretive or abstract is exhausting to a sad old art-kid like myself. I look forward to re/discovering more artists through your videos!

that video haunted me at 2am when i was 12...

I have been binging your channel so much the past few days. Literally only watching your channel for the most part. You're gonna blow up dude. Foreal, just keep grinding and never give up! You are incredibly gifted at what you do.

Don’t know if you’ll read this but I’ve been a fan since the creepy images video you made a few years back. Really happy to see your channel where it is now. You’ve inspired me to make content. Don’t ever stop making videos 🔥

I feel SO SOTRY for the ones claiming they see nothing else than "a man throwing clay on his face" !!

I'm a big fan of the band Tool. His work reminds me of something I would see in one of their videos which are produced by their guitarist Adam Jones. Jones himself worked on a number of Hollywood movies in the 80's and early 90's as a visual/make up artist and sculptor prior to Tool becoming a major band. Here is an excerpt from his Wiki: "After graduation, he went to work at Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop. During the next two years, he worked on the TV show Monsters. He designed and fabricated a Grim Reaper makeup and a zombie head on a spike (later used in Ghostbusters II) among others. After that, he went to Stan Winston's special effects workshop, where he worked on Predator 2, sculpting a unique-looking skull for the Predator's spaceship interior.[4] Jones worked on several other films in Hollywood doing makeup and set design, including Jurassic Park, Batman Returns, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Dances with Wolves, and Ghostbusters II. He did the "Freddy Krueger in the womb" makeup for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, as well as work for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master." Perhaps the two should work together on a new music video. God knows I would love to see a new one! lol For those who enjoy the work by Olivier de Sagazan but don't know about Tool, I would recommend checking out their videos. You may not like their music but would probably find some of their videos very enjoyable.

People like him makes me love art so much, thank u so much for covering this

my uncle showed me this video when i was little a long long time ago and i thought it was a horror movie but now it’s weird seeing this now knowing it’s just an art piece.

I loved the reaction people had when watching him in pottery class.

Wow this was so interesting - I'm definitely going to go watch his vids now! Excellent video, as always 👍

This is Nuts.

This is awesome. I can't stop watching the process. And it's got a feeling of madness behind it. A visual representation of how the mind thinks in psychosis. I liked it.

Hey Deburke, I wanted to thank you for doing these great videos ❤️ I'm in love with outsider artists and you're doing such an fine job exposing them to a larger audience

I was eating. I knew what the video was gonna be. Yet I clicked. I clicked.

9:24 I have that screenshot printed and taped to the door to my room so ppl know thats my domain, also been watching you for a year by now, forget I was super into Olivier de Sagazan's work at one point thx for bringing me back

I remember watching this video years ago creeped out. Years later, here I am thanks to my subscriptions page.

Your channel is amazing thank you for this great content!!!

Well I've just subscribed to the guy. I don't know why but I can't take my eyes off of it. Truly an artist in my eyes and genius. Cheers for sharing his work :)

Thank you for bringing him to light. I have never stumbled upon his work, but im facinated! Love your videos!

Anyone who says it's "just a man throwing clay on his face" probably also says "its just a guy putting paint on a canvas" when they look at a painter.

I honestly adore this man. The stuff he does is so unique and it's absolutely amazing. The fact he manages to come up with stuff like this is unbelievably fascinating. Favorite artist, honestly. Just wow...

It's ironic. He wanted to give his art this vague quality called life but the only reason it affects people is that it mimics the decay of death. Let's rediscover the wheel and call it a dimensionally compressed sphereoid.

Another great episode.

Can't find the documentary,u got a link?

I use to do the same as a kid with my oatmeal.... instead of eating it....

I wonder if he gets clay in his eyes? That would suck.

Thank you for sharing

I've never seen this before, thank you!

Amazing video 😍

Wtf did I just watch

When he said "Rara UGH" I really felt that

The first time I watched this a long time ago it actually scared me and gave me a deep feeling of fear.

thanks for reminding me about this

Sagazan is to sculpting what Igorrr is to music

His clay masks look like something you'd see in a horror game, one of them reminds me of Outlast 2

Thank you for honoring this man's work.

Can he actually see out of all that clay too? To be able to create the masks and eyes without vision is pretty damn hard

He also appears in the experimental documentary samsara 2011

The life of an artist is a long arduous journey along with making the art, becoming recognised by the public is the hardest part of an artist life's.

I remember seeing this when I was 4 so confused but mostly scared if what he was not that I could understand it, it just sounded so strange

I love this guy's work, thanks for doing a video about him.

OH!!!! I knew I recognized his work!! I think most old school creepypasta fans know the exact story that used one of his art pieces as the background

There is a fine line between genius and madness (and all that!)

First piece was "man throwing clay on his face". After that it becomes less about what he creates from the clay and more about how he's doing it. Since he cannot really know exactly what he's creating, his movements, the agression or subtlety within the movement becomes the piece. Like it evolved into an unintentional dance. Im guessing if he got bored with this style of art he could simply film himself creating a sculpture or perform it live. Not really my cup of tea but as an evolving artist I can appreciate it.

One of his performances is featured in the movie Samsara too

He reminds me so much of Mummenschanz, really really cool stuff

amazing!

I remember this video was going around alot when MeatSleep was trending too.

tik tok be spreading misinformation like its nobody business

Im watching a shadow made manifest trough the depths of his psyche. Incredible.

Did ya guys realized the bolder, most outstanding and authentic guys in art scene are aways slavic or french 👁️ 👁️ olivier surely snaps

this is the most badass artist ever

Cool. Interesting. Fascinating.

Is he the artist for the saw movies. His style would fit perfectly

He’s trying to alchemize clay into life and allowing himself to be possessed by deeply primal psychic forces… and you say his art has nothing to do with the occult? 🤔 The man is literally practicing magick.

REQUEST: Look into Edwin Borsheim and Kettle Cadaver. One of the most intense human beings in music.

Honestly, absolutely love this dudes art

I don't get it! 🤷‍♀️ Going by the comments I seem to be the only one that really doesn't understand the fascination with a guy who's literally covering himself in clay, paint and who knows what else. Some parts I actually found quite disturbing. I'm an artist along with half my family, all creating totally different pieces in totally different styles and media and liking totally different artists so I'm not narrow minded but this.... 🤷‍♀️ And aye I know it won't be a popular opinion but I honestly don't see the appeal nor the "talent" for lack of a better word. 🤔

Came to his work through Samsara. Amazing artist

He is actually à great artist, i like him a lot

Dude the "INLEGEND -King of apathy" Song actually kicks hard.

5:50 from which video is that from? Fascinating honestly

I really enjoy his work, but I find it kinda funny that people are freaked out by it because it reminds me so much of Mummenschanz. I guess having that frame of reference knocks down any of the disturbing nature of it for me.

He is stunning! I'm not common and I don't respect the status quo.We artists owe the public our best,even if it's gloriously GROTESQUE! Give them more than CAKE!! Especially in these mediocre times.🤔

I personally don't find anything life changing about smearing mud on one's face, but to each his own.

This always reminded me of the film Begotten

Where can I find the documentary

amazing that in his attempt to make living breathing art, he made horror O-o. wonder if theres a parallel about humans attemptiong to manufacture lifeforms.

a very interesting human, with large passion in art yes it's understandable but it's above the limits. Just doing with clay and hey is like a kid throwing food on his face like spaghetti and tomato sauce which there's no value to the point. It's like a kid making a picture with paint but there's no value to it because it's just nothing big. Moving on to an adult doing as a kid could do again there's nothing big about it, I just consider it as a hobby or his passion of doing it. But again in this planet we live there are people out there that get extremely excited and interesting in it but there's no value.

Hey, it's that creepy pasta narration stock footage guy.

This. Was. FASCINATING!!!

Awesome. This guy definitely needs more recognition for his great work!

Jesus! I was not prepared for that.

Imagine if him and Tim Burton met and Tim asked him to give him ideas for a new movie

Me when I switch from a bentonite clay mask to forever learning how to apply makeup

This is black metal as hell.

How does he breathe under all that clay?

I heard of this guy from a Top 15 video!

A such talented and Amazing artist but super disturbing😅 but no lie I like to see his artwork always

For fuck’s sake Olivier. Someone has to clean all that up you know.

Am I the only one who heard him say “HADUSA HADUSA”

He would be a good villain ngl

His work is phenomenal. I think of him as the French Doug Jones (actor who wears so much make up and prospects to portray non human characters in movies)

he just vibing, good for him!