{"id":99538,"date":"2025-07-29T11:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/?page_id=99538"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:44:13","slug":"serge-clerc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/?page_id=99538","title":{"rendered":"SERGE CLERC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"fr\" class=\"p1\"><em><b>\u00abBack to the Eighties\u00bb<\/b><\/em><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Exposition 04\/09 &gt; 27\/09\/2025<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-99539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CLERC-EIGHTIES-42.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration en noir et blanc repr\u00e9sentant deux guitaristes jouant sur sc\u00e8ne sous le nom \u00ab Rose Bonbon \u00bb devant un public, cr\u00e9\u00e9e par Serge Clerc. Des notes manuscrites apparaissent en bas de l'image.\" width=\"1649\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CLERC-EIGHTIES-42.jpg 1649w, https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CLERC-EIGHTIES-42-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CLERC-EIGHTIES-42-844x1024.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CLERC-EIGHTIES-42-768x931.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CLERC-EIGHTIES-42-1266x1536.jpg 1266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1649px) 100vw, 1649px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Acteur majeur du <i>M\u00e9tal Hurlant<\/i> de la grande \u00e9poque, et illustrateur leader des revues <i>New Musical Express<\/i> (Grande-Bretagne), <i>Rock&rsquo;n folk<\/i> (France) et <i>Player<\/i> (Japon), <b>Serge Clerc<\/b> a cr\u00e9\u00e9 \u00e0 lui tout seul la \u00ab&nbsp;BD rock&nbsp;\u00bb. Il a traduit de mani\u00e8re fulgurante l&rsquo;ambiance des bo\u00eetes de nuit parisiennes et hiss\u00e9 de somptueuses cr\u00e9atures sur de vertigineux talons aiguilles.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Cha\u00eenon manquant entre le classicisme de l\u2019\u00e9cole dite \u00ab&nbsp;de Marcinelle&nbsp;\u00bb et la modernit\u00e9 du groupe de <i>M\u00e9tal Hurlant<\/i>, Serge Clerc a non seulement initi\u00e9 le concept de la&nbsp;\u00ab&nbsp;BD Rock&nbsp;\u00bb mais, pendant pr\u00e8s de 10 ans, il sera le dessinateur vedette de trois revues phares de la presse rock internationale. Sa route a crois\u00e9 celles des \u00ab&nbsp;Clash&nbsp;\u00bb, des \u00ab&nbsp;Cramps&nbsp;\u00bb, de \u00ab&nbsp;Police&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp;; il a hant\u00e9 les nuits parisiennes, londoniennes, bruxelloises et new-yorkaises. Entre le rythme binaire d\u2019une basse et le d\u00e9hanch\u00e9 fugitif d\u2019une blonde, il a aussi beaucoup dessin\u00e9.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">De tous les dessinateurs phares des ann\u00e9es \u201980, Serge Clerc est certainement celui qui fut le plus en phase avec son \u00e9poque. L\u2019esth\u00e8te va se doubler d\u2019un graphiste dont le trait, facilement identifiable, va s\u2019afficher sur tous les murs de l\u2019hexagone. Tr\u00e8s vite, la fausse simplicit\u00e9 de son style, la g\u00e9om\u00e9trie pr\u00e9cise de ses compositions vont inspirer toute une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de dessinateurs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Avec l\u2019exposition <b><i>Back to the Eighties<\/i><\/b>, la <b>Galerie Champaka<\/b> a le privil\u00e8ge de pr\u00e9senter une extraordinaire constellation de perles graphiques, ainsi que des impressions aux encres pigmentaires de tirage ultra limit\u00e9. L\u2019ensemble composant un portrait musical saisissant du d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es \u201980.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"nl\"><em><b>\u00ab<i>Back to the Eighties<\/i>\u00bb<\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Serge Clerc<\/b>, hoofdrolspeler in <i>Metal Hurlant&rsquo;s<\/i> glorietijd en topillustrator van tijdschriften als <i>New Musical Express<\/i> (Groot-Brittanni\u00eb), <i>Rock&rsquo;n&rsquo;Folk<\/i> (Frankrijk) en <i>Player<\/i> (Japan), heeft in zijn eentje de \u201cRockstrip\u201d geschapen. Hij bracht op weergaloze wijze de sfeer van de Parijse nachtkroegen met zijn wellustige dames op duizelingwekkend hoge naaldhakken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Als de missing link tussen het classicisme van de zogeheten \u201cschool van Marcinelle\u201d en de moderniteit van de <i>Metal Hurlant<\/i> groep, cre\u00eberde Serge Clerc niet alleen het concept van de \u201cRockstrip\u201d maar bovendien zal hij bijna 10 jaar lang de stertekenaar zijn van de drie topbladen van de internationale rockpers. Zijn loopbaan kruiste die van The Clash, The Cramps en The Police. Hij zwierf door het nachtelijke Parijs, Londen, Brussel en New York. Tussen de zware ritmes van een basgitaar en de heupwiegende stappen van een blondine door tekende hij ook heel veel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Van alle grote tekenaars uit de jaren 80 is Serge Clerc zeker degene die meest mee was met zijn tijd. De kunstenaar werd een graficus wiens duidelijk herkenbare lijnen op alle muren van de stad te zien waren. Al gauw gingen de bedrieglijke eenvoud van zijn stijl en de geometrische precisie van zijn composities een hele generatie tekenaars be\u00efnvloeden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Met de tentoonstelling <b><i>Back to the Eighties<\/i><\/b> heeft <b>Galerij Champaka<\/b> het voorrecht een uitzonderlijke overvloed aan grafische pareltjes voor te stellen samen met prenten in kleurinkt op beperkte oplage. Het geheel vormt een aangrijpend, muzikaal portret van het begin van de jaren 80.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"en\"><em><b>\u00ab<i>Back to the Eighties<\/i>\u00bb<\/b><\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">A major figure in the heyday of <i>M\u00e9tal Hurlant<\/i>, and a leading illustrator for the magazines <i>New Musical Express<\/i> (Great Britain), <i>Rock&rsquo;n Folk<\/i> (France), and <i>Player<\/i> (Japan), <b>Serge Clerc <\/b>single-handedly created \u2018Rock Comics\u2019. He dazzlingly captured the atmosphere of Parisian nightclubs and raised sumptuous creatures onto dizzying stiletto heels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A missing link between the classicism of the so-called \u00ab\u00a0Marcinelle\u00a0\u00bb school and the modernity of the <i>M\u00e9tal Hurlant <\/i>group, Serge Clerc not only initiated the concept of \u2018Rock Comics\u2019, but for nearly 10 years, he was also the star illustrator for three leading international rock magazines. He crossed paths with \u2018The Clash\u2019, \u2018The Cramps\u2019, and \u2018Police\u2019; he haunted the nights of Paris, London, Brussels, and New York. Between the binary rhythm of a bass and the fleeting swaying of a blonde&rsquo;s hips, he also drew extensively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Of all the leading artists of the 1980s, Serge Clerc was certainly the one most in tune with his times. The aesthete doubled as a graphic artist whose easily identifiable look would grace walls across France. Very quickly, the deceptive simplicity of his style and the precise geometry of his compositions would inspire an entire generation of artists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With the <b><i>Back to the Eighties<\/i><\/b> exhibition, <b>Galerie Champaka<\/b> has the privilege of presenting an extraordinary constellation of graphic gems, as well as ultra-limited edition pigment-ink prints. Together, they create a striking musical portrait of the early 1980s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00abBack to the Eighties\u00bb Exposition 04\/09 &gt; 27\/09\/2025 Acteur majeur du M\u00e9tal Hurlant de la grande \u00e9poque, et illustrateur leader des revues New Musical Express (Grande-Bretagne), Rock&rsquo;n folk (France) et Player (Japon), Serge Clerc a cr\u00e9\u00e9 \u00e0 lui tout seul la \u00ab&nbsp;BD rock&nbsp;\u00bb. Il a traduit de mani\u00e8re fulgurante l&rsquo;ambiance des bo\u00eetes de nuit parisiennes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99538","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99538"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100855,"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99538\/revisions\/100855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.galeriechampaka.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}