Yann Gerstberger has created an impressive series of textile tapestries that depict narratives inspired by patterns from Mexican popular culture, art history, and nature.

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These works are produced using an original technique he devised, which includes the gluing, coloring, and selecting of cotton fibers on vinyl. The fibers are hand-dyed using a blend of natural Mexican dyes, combined with industrial fabrics to create vibrant and colorful surfaces.

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Inspired by influential figures such as Picabia, Matisse and Henri Rousseau, as well as Jodorowsky’s ‘Panic Fables’, Gerstberger constructs, through his tapestries and paintings, a vernacular vocabulary. This vocabulary captures the fantasy of the tropics as seen from Europe, post-graffiti and the history of abstraction. In his work, a repertoire of ambiguous and mystical forms unfolds.