Henri Sagna

Henri Sagna

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Senegal
Name wey dem give am	Henri
Family name	Sagna
Ein date of birth	17 June 1973
Place dem born am	Dakar
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French
Ein occupation	artist, sculptor
Ein field of work	art of sculpture
Copyright status as creator	works protected by copyrights

Henri Sagna (born 1973 insyd Dakar) be a Senegalese sculptor.

Biography

Henri Sagna live den work insyd Senegal. After ein studies for de École nationale des arts du Sénégal insyd Dakar insyd 2005, he receive de first prize for de sixth National Salon des artistes plasticiens sénégalais. Sagna be known as artist sculptor-recycler. Ein artworks be formed by he dey assemble collect materials insyd a variety of ways. De artist dey lead a series of workshops den ateliers insyd France den Senegal, wey get as dema central theme de concepts of recovery den recycling of materials.

Works

Sagna ein work dey base for respect for den knowledge of de environment, wey make e raise awareness of important issues among de general public den residents of townships. A large part of ein plastic work dey focus for de species of mosquito wich dey transmit malaria.

Ein artworks dey represent an interesting method of he dey raise awareness insyd Europe, den especially insyd France, of malaria den de damage e dey cause insyd Africa. De main objective of de Senegalese sculptor be make he teach new generations to cultivate dema artistic talents den make dem continue make dem care give de natural environment.

Amongst de ten contemporary artists of Senegal for de Dapper Museum in Paris insyd 2006, wey dey focus for de creativity of a generation of Senegalese artists, Sagna set up an entire display of Mosquitoes den insect screens. Na dem make de insects plus enormous paws from galvanized steel wire, bottles of soda den celluloid for de wings.

External links

• Biographie of Henri Sagna
• Homepage of the Dapper Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Ker-Thiossane association in Dakar