Chrystal

YZ, a strange pseudonym, but not so unusual in a country where other well-known artists only call themselves JR or C215. However, it is not her initials that artist Yseult Digan uses, but a short form that is phonetically reminiscent of "Eyes", and thus also of Digan's first major street art project. Under the title "Open your eyes", she painted and put up posters of an oversized iconic face in silhouette on the walls of Paris. The places where these works were placed were marked on the city map and connected with lines, creating the same motif once again. Now YZ has left the bold campaign form behind and focussed on classical-looking painting. In graduated shades of grey or black to transparent, as in a charcoal drawing, she realistically transfers historical photo motifs to wrapping paper. YZ wallpapers these images in public spaces, where they begin to merge symbiotically with the wall structures. Women from another century, as the title of one of her groups of works suggests, confront us today. "One of the most important aspects of street art is the idea that the surfaces used are also interesting as such. They provide structures and textures that flow into the works as an additional layer of meaning. Their reproduction can thus become part of a gallery work", the British critic Cedar Lewisohn has stated
Robert Kaltenhäuser