French-Swiss artist Saype unveils massive land-art project in Istanbul
By AFP
31 October 2020 |
1:00 pm
French-Swiss artist Saype (real name Guillaume Legros) unveils three massive land-art productions in Istanbul, as a part of his "Beyond Walls" project in which he paints giant intertwined hands to symbolise "the largest human chain" around the world. Istanbul is the eighth step of the project which he began in June 2019.
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