Coucou Bazar 1973

In 1973, Jean Dubuffet, a pioneer of the Art Brut movement, created an iconic poster to promote his interactive and innovative performance art piece, Coucou Bazar, at the Grand Palais in Paris. This event was part of the Festival d'Automne, an annual arts festival established to promote avant-garde and contemporary works across multiple artistic disciplines.

Dubuffet was already a prominent figure in the art world by this time, renowned for rejecting traditional concepts of beauty and embracing raw, unpolished forms of artistic expression. His Coucou Bazar was a bold, interdisciplinary performance, merging painting, sculpture, and movement. It brought his two-dimensional works to life through animated performances of his characters and abstract forms, immersing the audience in a lively, ever-evolving experience of art in motion.

This original poster from 1973 captures Dubuffet’s playful, yet chaotic aesthetic, reflecting his passion for vibrant colors and loose, expressive linework. The hand-drawn typography and bold, graphic elements signal his unconventional approach, subverting the norms of design and art alike. The event took place from September 28 to December 20, 1973, at the Grand Palais, with a special Coucou Bazar performance on November 28 and 29.

Printed by SMI in Paris, this poster is now a collectible piece, symbolizing Dubuffet’s contribution to the evolution of modern and performance art. It serves as a visual reminder of the dynamic intersection of art forms that Coucou Bazar embodied and the spirit of artistic experimentation that characterized Dubuffet’s career.

Exhibition

Grand Palace - The Autumn Festival in Paris

Global Printing Society

Good condition