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Bazooka, a resolutely modern Insight

J oung people of the era Numerik Did you know that there are more than thirty years other young men were wearing modern Looking at the world? Without Mac, or Internet without a graphics tablet, glue and scissors, screen printing and duplicating machine, i ls invented a graphic deliberately CyperPunk and Novo. Storming the "liberation" of the Seventies hippy's, the collective Bazooka led by Kiki Picasso captured the front page of the newspaper for several weeks, multiplying the provocative Dada and Punk ... Anarchy in Libération, cross swastikas and pins in the nose, redolent of Propaganda aesthetic of the 30s and the socialist surrealism, street art riot White riot ... so profoundly influenced by pop-art Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, and especially by the aesthetics of the furia Punk surging across the Channel, these modern young men of yesterday have in turn inspired a generation of underground artists of the 80s ( MissTic particular) until today.

I speak, because their visual world was deeply marked teen, One of the "Liberation" or "The Echo of Savannah" on posters and concert at the Forum des Halles, where all the wildlife keupon trailed at the turn of the 80s. I mention also because somehow, I found a bit of spirit Bazooka with my young friends of Owni , where Friday is always Graphics;)

I finally speaks because the work of Kiki, Lulu and others is featured at Villa Medicis Rome through exposure "Europunk" ( Visual culture in Europe 1976-1980 ). "Liberation" of course, devotes an article with this slideshow bonus. Some 550 objects have been assembled from private collectors or museums. Some are famous, such as the famous portrait the Queen of England's eyes crossed the reference to "God Save The Queen " created by Jamie Reid for the Sex Pistols. Others are more underground like these drawings, collages, fanzines and displays of concerts performed by Bazooka.

"DICTATORSHIP GRAPHIC

One of" Liberation "on the RAF (1977)

Provided , Bazooka destroy designers have never sold their soul to the golden calf Art Business. Christian Chapiron (Kiki Picasso), Jean-Louis Dupre (Loulou Picasso), Olivia Clavel (Electric Clito), Lulu Larsen, Jean Rouzeau and others are all out of the famous workshops of Fine Arts graphics in middle of those 70 ... same here where their elders had sixty-eighters once revolutionized the art graphics, posters of their merry month of May. Having cut his teeth on the famous magazine "News" Jean-Francois Bizot, in 1975 they launched their Bazooka Production that will create a lot of good fanzines Strikethrough: "Although cleared around the ears" , "Activity normal sex " etc ... In 1977, the Punk explosion and our young people become downright modern trend:" Charlie, "" The Echo of Savannah, "" Heavy Metal "," Hara Kiri ".. . while the press is the hairy hard to give a facelift: collages, silkscreens, imaging Nazi or Soviet diverted ... everything is good to sow chaos . Kiki Picasso speaks of "dictatorship graphic" ! Concept pushed to the end when Serge July, always on the lookout for new trends good or bad idea (it depends) to contact them to illustrate "Libération" . Culture clash between ex-punks and anarchists Maos determined to fuck the shit among journos gauchos. He released a few especially memorable "A Modern Look" , a monthly resolutely innovative in every sense, "novo" as we said at the time, which will last six months ... Tired of provocations, " release "will eventually evict the squatters graphics.

The legend was born. But in the late '70s, the group broke out and members of Bazooka each pursuing their individual adventure, falling somewhat into oblivion during the 80 claims marked by flashy vulgarity the TV ad money and years. But in 2002, Loulou Picasso revived "A Modern Look" on the Internet and raised in his way the old class by opening it to Kiki Picasso and Olivia Clavel. For his part Jean Rouzaud, who was excluded from Bazooka for "conformity", now works at Radio Nova ... it's there.

Taunt-recovery, digestion by the consumer society, recognition during the gold of the Republic at the Villa Medicis ... No Future loop is looped.

It deserves a soundtrack Made in 1977: "Anarchy in UK "Sex Pistols :

And this is what gives this punk version" made in France ".
" Hysteria Connective "Metal Urbain (1978), a title that is found precisely on the compilation "The Modern Young Men" published in 2008. This is a good idea of the musical atmosphere in which working people Bazooka:

And finally, here is of course a small retrospective Images work Bazooka :

... and bonus this rare appearance of the collective TV Bazooka (found by the late great show "The Eye of the Cyclone on Canal +) where we see Jean Rouzaud defend themselves to the Cartoon ( "in comics there are rules for us it is not especially not respect "), Lulu Larsen ensure " wait for the next plane crash into a drawing "or Loulou Picasso explain " draw pictures as we sing in rock '. Action!

Otherwise Kiki and Loulou Picasso always a blog where you can see their past and recent. Go check it out ... 35 years after the debut of Bazooka, they are always thoroughly modern!

JC.F