On mountain slopes in the Swiss village of Villars-sur-Ollon, an artist has used chalk and charcoal to paint two giant frescos of children sketching how they see the vast world around them.
The frescos, which are painted directly on the grass and can last days depending on weather conditions, show a young boy and girl tracing squiggly lines on sketchpads to depict mountains, trees, stars and the moon.
Swiss-French artist SAYPE said his frescos – which at around 3,000sq m (3,590sq yards) can be seen from the mountaintop and nearby pastures – symbolise the need to reject uniformity and embrace different perspectives.
“The children are on different altitudes, so they are drawing different things,” SAYPE said. “Even if they are at different altitudes, the two worlds they are drawing complement each other.”
SAYPE is known for his Beyond Walls series in which he has spray painted giant hands clasping each other on the ground in cities worldwide, including Berlin, Paris, Istanbul and Cape Town.
Right: Swiss-French artist SAYPE walks towards his land art painting, depicting a child drawing, at the Col de Bretaye in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.
A land art painting depicting a child drawing by Swiss-French artist SAYPE is seen at the Chamossiare in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.
