Sorry for the long silence. I made a few trips, spend two days offline (not my choice obviously) but i’m going to be back on track and in full swing tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s a quick post to remind you that this blog is alive.

Sans titre (detail), 2008, in collaboration with Marion Hanania

Two days ago, i was running around Paris trying to cram as many exhibitions as possible into one single Tuesday. One that stood out was a solo show of David-Ivar Herman Dune aka Yaya at Lucile Corty, a gallery that makes out for his tiny size by spreading over three floors off the Arts & Métiers metro station.

Sans titre, 2008 in collaboration with Trésor

Sans titre, 2008 in collaboration with Marion Hanania

David-Ivar Herman Dune aka Yaya sings and plays the guitar in a band called Herman Dune but he also creates drawings, illustrations, and collaborates with other visual artists.

Summoning recurrent characters such as aliens, surfers or the blue big foot, his drawings are referencing his songs, everyday-life thoughts or popular culture connected to childhood like Disney’s Pete’s Dragon.

Yaya’s graphic works about the Blue Bigfoot Of The Negev, an endearing blue creature living on a black ink and white paper land, are shown at the Lucile Corty Gallery until October 25, 2008.