11 Facts About Sacha Sosno

Alexandre Joseph Sosnowsky, better known by the name Sacha Sosno, was an internationally renowned French sculptor and painter.

Sacha Sosno had a singular artistic approach: the concept of obliteration.

Sacha Sosno's sculptures are masked by empty or full space, inviting the viewer to use his own imagination.

Sacha Sosno's father was Estonian and his mother was French.

Sacha Sosno began painting in 1948 when he was inspired by his neighbour Henri Matisse but stopped in 1956.

Three years later, Sacha Sosno returned to France to make his first sculpture, "Obliterated Cars".

In 1983 Sacha Sosno was the subject of a one-man show at the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Nice.

Between 1986 and 1988 Sacha Sosno developed several projects which brought together sculpture and architecture, including the Hotel Elysee Palace with architect Georges Margarita, a 28-meter high work, which incorporates a 19-meter high bronze and 420 tons of granite.

Sacha Sosno's work has been termed l'art d'obliter or the 'art of obliteration' as a result of his idiosyncratic voids or solids added to an artwork, which obliterate or distort the full picture or figure.

For example, in "Tete aux quatre vents femme", Sacha Sosno removed sections of the bronze work, leaving holes where the face, ears and back of the head ought to be.

Sacha Sosno believed architecture must be imbued with the artistic.