Published to coincide with the show of Frédéric Pajak’s drawings and paintings at the Pully Art Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, from August 30 to November 12, 2017, Un certain Frédéric Pajak offers a complete overview of the work gathered for the show. It also goes back over key moments in the author-artist’s life, through a series of interviews and previously unpublished accounts from people who have known and worked with him. Artist specialized in drawing, creator of newspapers, editor-in-chief, writer, editor and traveler: Frédéric Pajak has lived several lives, which his sister and friends evoke in turn.

Un certain Frédéric Pajak is also the story of a singular gaze, the young writer Christophe Diard’s, upon the path of a multi-faceted, total artist. And so this book aims to be a catalogue, a book of interviews, an art book and an investigation into the life path of an unclassifiable artist, all in one.

The life path of this unclassifiable artist and author is described in a long interview. IN addition to reminiscences from his family and friends, that life is illustrated through his art, most of which is included in the show running from August 30 to November 12, 2017 in Lausanne. The author-illustrator of the Manifeste Incertain and L’Immense Solitude is revealed in a new light here, thanks to the young author Christophe Diard’s investigation.