Yann’s background is in Punk culture, which still permeates his work and which he asserts. This explains the recurrent presence of his Iroquois-crested characters, but also his style, driven by a desire to return to spontaneity and simplicity, and a refusal to be ostentatious. The tones are direct, the color palette rich, the structure spare, intense, even forceful.

Neither pop art, nor comics, nor street art, you can’t put Yann in a box… He has a style all his own, which makes him highly recognizable. Whether you like it or not, his work is compelling, and that’s his intention. On the other hand, his style and subjects are resolutely contemporary. And free, starting with freedom of expression. That’s why he likes to “get off the canvas” and express himself on everyday objects like a petrol pump…

It’s the only thing Yann Sciberras has distanced himself from: the punk movement. As he sometimes writes, No Future is not a foregone conclusion. Quite the contrary, in fact. Yann believes in our capacity for change. All we have to do is wake up from our torpor to act, react and become aware. That’s what his works are all about, like so many alerts. And this optimism is reflected in his color palette, resolutely positive and full of energy, far removed from gloom…

Laurent Jeanniard