5 keys to Yann Sciberras' works ...
#1 resolutely Punk
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.
#2 committed and unfiltered critic
Yann’s taste for an engaged message critical of our society also comes from Punk. Yann uses his painting to express his anger and revolt at the absurdity of our society. War, urban violence, the cheap and degrading culture of television, the human madness that destroys everything, starting with our planet, and our dependence on social networks. Through his subjects and the words that punctuate his work, Yann seeks to wake us up!
#3 unclassifiable
Neither pop art, comics nor street art, Yann can’t be pigeonholed… He has his own distinctive style, which makes him highly recognizable. Whether you like it or not, his work is always provocative, 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…
#4 and yet optimistic
That’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…
#5 the anecdote
Yann was one of 100 international artists selected for the launch of Art Universe in association with Apple Vision Pro.
Par Laurent Jeanniard
Highlights :
In 2012, TF1 asked Yann Sciberras to sum up the news of 2012 on canvas as part of a five-hour performance.
The report, entitled “Rétrospective en peinture”, was broadcast on the 8pm news on December 31, 2012. The canvas (2×2 meters) is on display in the TF1 newsroom.
Guest of honor at HUGO BOSS, the artist performed live at the VOGUE FASHION NIGHT OUT 2012. The painting is on display at HUGO BOSS’ Paris headquarters.
In September 2018, Yann Sciberras exhibited and performed live at the SAATCHI gallery in London during START ART FAIR 2018, where he also spoke at the ART WORLD FORUM conference “Emergence and Confluence”.
In August 2020, the artist painted, for six hours, under the gaze of the cameras, a work synthesizing the Covid-19 health crisis. A portrait was broadcast on TF1’s 13h program on August 2.
