Behind Don Sainghin lies a Franco-Swiss artist who lives in retreat in a castle on the outskirts of Zurich. Every day, he draws dozens of people and artefacts all of which have their origins a very long way away from him. It is like his mind is welcoming characters from other eras. There are mysterious characters, a warrior in armour, a king, as well as common people, but also, everyday objects, jewels and bronze sculptures, all of which appear as if from a dream.
The artist's creative spirit enables us to grasp the intrinsic quality of these forms and their ancestral purity. Thus, we rediscover a beauty which is, at the same time, immutable and continuously renewed, in a manner that closely parallels just how the artist's insightful gaze addresses the invisible.
Don Sainghin is able to grasp the source of an art which is then magnified by the poetry of his eye. The artist juggles radiance with matter. Sign and light undoubtedly forming the pillars on which Don's work develops. It is also some sort of quest, in search of a timelessness which can be perceived in the very structure of the painting, whose format reflects the clever entanglement of both spirituality and modernity.
Inspired by the uncanny and dreamlike appearance of Sumerian artworks, and thanks to his fruitful interpretation, he succeeds in capturing the emotional impact of these jewels, these sculptures, these paradoxically archaic and modern vessels. In these artworks one can find infinite richness.
Don Sainghin's pictorial work combines drawing, painting and digital art. The final stage is a three-dimensional impression of the work: out of the painting comes the sculpture, living bronze which breathes life into the canvas, a materialisation of it, like a fugitive escaping from his prison. It is, at the same time, both tribal and high-tech art.
