If you want to appreciate the work of French artist Guillaume Legros (also known as Saype), you have to fly high enough. His large-scale spray paint work BEYOND CRISIS was created on the grassy slopes of the Alps in Leysin, Switzerland. It consists of a little girl and a hand-painted stick figure, covering an area of ??about 3,000 square meters. If your vision is not "high" enough and your vision is not "far" enough, it will be difficult to get a full view of it!
Saype started creating lawn murals in 2015, incorporating his hobbies of land art and graffiti. He likes to explore the theme of human nature through the philosophy of existentialism, and invites the audience to think about the nature and spirit of human beings. , and his status on the earth and in society, it sounds a bit esoteric and difficult to understand, but fortunately, the way of viewing is relatively "unattainable". In fact, it guides the audience to think about the meaning he wants to express in a simple and profound way. You won’t really reject people from thousands of miles away. He usually uses paint extracted from natural materials (such as coal and chalk) to reduce damage to the land, but it is also easily affected by weather factors and difficult to preserve.
In this work BEYOND CRISIS, the stick figures are holding hands and surrounded byBeing by the girls side symbolizes that hope will eventually come after the COVID-19 epidemic. Saype wrote on Instagram, “During the spread of the epidemic, most people are restricted, affected, and facing different challenges, so I chose to create this painting ‘BEYOND CRISIS’ to share optimistic messages and fresh news with everyone. Air." As the epidemic situation in various countries gradually stabilizes and begins to gradually and prudently unblock, I believe that in the next new stage of life in epidemic prevention, everyone can always find new ways to live happily and embrace each other and life again.
Saype started a series of lawn murals in 2015, often using innocent children as themes to explore social issues from a positive perspective. Another transnational creative project, "Beyond Walls Project", has spread throughout Europe such as Paris. , Berlin, Geneva and other cities, as well as Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast in West Africa, with the image of two hands holding each other, it symbolically conveys tolerance in the face of differences, and also has the meaning of friendship, connection and mutual assistance for all mankind, using art as a social It brings the possibility of reflection, so in 2019, Saype won the honor of Forbes' 30 most influential people under the age of 30 in the field of culture and art.
