Sax (Henry Blache)
Henry Blache, alias Sax, is a French Street Artist from the south of France based in Paris.
His splashing animal paintings, which use flashy colors, quickly caught people’s attention. His artworks also brought a fresh environmental warning concerning the situation of endangered species worldwide.
Born in Provence in 1995, he grew up close to nature and draws inspiration from the colors and wealth of the landscapes he lived in.
His instinctive and spontaneous pictorial technique is based on several principles of the Chinese painting style Xieyi, which favors the expression of feelings and emotions.
By integrating graffiti into his artworks, he creates various reading levels, which create calligram effects, enhancing the idea that “each of these animal species is often left abandoned, like old buildings.”
He uses various materials, such as watercolor, ink, acrylic, and aerosol paint, to enhance the intensity of his paintings' emotions.
His spontaneity and accuracy in work are visible during the “Live Painting” he realizes for events in France and overseas.
As a complete artist, he also composes music and makes short movies. The French media Konbini called him “le maître du twist” (the twist master) for his movie Allô. He also won the Jury’s Grand Prize at the BeGreen Film Festival (COP21) in 2016 for his video clip Freestyle.
