{"id":5440,"date":"2020-10-20T14:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/?p=5440"},"modified":"2020-10-20T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:49:28","slug":"alex-varenne-la-disparition-dun-chantre-de-lerotisme-en-noir-et-blanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/2020\/10\/20\/alex-varenne-la-disparition-dun-chantre-de-lerotisme-en-noir-et-blanc\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Varenne : la disparition d\u2019un chantre de l\u2019\u00e9rotisme en noir et blanc\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>L\u2019entr\u00e9e d\u2019Alex Varenne (\u00e0 l\u2019instigation de son fr\u00e8re Daniel) dans l\u2019univers de la bande dessin\u00e9e date de la fin des ann\u00e9es 70, avec une saga qui, d\u00e8s le d\u00e9part, a d\u00e9not\u00e9 dans un monde bd qui commen\u00e7ait (enfin) \u00e0 se lib\u00e9rer du carcan de la tradition. Rappelons qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque la revue \u00ab Charlie mensuel \u00bb dans laquelle est parue cette s\u00e9rie \u00e9tait une vraie r\u00e9f\u00e9rence dans ce qu\u2019on aurait pu appeler la \u00ab nouvelle bd \u00bb\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne2.jpg?resize=709%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne2.jpg?w=709&amp;ssl=1 709w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne2.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cette saga, \u00ab Ardeur \u00bb, est \u00e0 inscrire, certes, dans la \u00ab mode \u00bb de cette \u00e9poque qui a vu fleurir bien des albums post-apocalyptiques. Mais ce qui a fait l\u2019originalit\u00e9 de cette bande dessin\u00e9e, c\u2019est son traitement graphique et son d\u00e9coupage, avec une utilisation tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9sente et tr\u00e8s prenante du noir et blanc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne3.jpg?resize=757%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne3.jpg?resize=757%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 757w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne3.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne3.jpg?resize=768%2C1040&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne3.jpg?resize=1135%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1135w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne3.jpg?w=1267&amp;ssl=1 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Ardeur \u00bb, d\u00e9serteur d\u00e9figur\u00e9, se prom\u00e8ne dans un monde d\u00e9truit, et les rencontres qu\u2019il y fait, ombres de l\u2019existence, sont des jalons qui doivent le conduire jusqu\u2019au dernier lieu civilis\u00e9 de la plan\u00e8te\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab Ardeur \u00bb aurait pu d\u00e9finir la carri\u00e8re future d\u2019Alex Varenne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il n\u2019en a rien \u00e9t\u00e9\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne4.jpg?resize=575%2C747&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne4.jpg?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne4.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Et d\u00e8s les ann\u00e9es 80, dans l\u2019Echo des Savanes, Alex Varenne s\u2019est laiss\u00e9 aller \u00e0 ce qui le passionnait vraiment, l\u2019\u00e9rotisme. Mais un \u00e9rotisme sans tabou, un \u00e9rotisme aimant faire de la perversit\u00e9 un moteur narratif, un \u00e9rotisme plus proche de celui de Sade et d\u2019Apollinaire que de celui d\u2019Aragon\u2026 Sa mani\u00e8re de dessiner, de donner vie, tr\u00e8s charnellement, tr\u00e8s abstraitement aussi parfois, \u00e0 des ombres et des lumi\u00e8res, a trouv\u00e9 dans ce style un v\u00e9ritable accomplissement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est dans ce genre tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cis, avec parfois des sc\u00e9narios extr\u00eamement construits, comme pour \u00ab Erma Jaquar \u00bb ou \u00ab Erotic Opera \u00bb, avec le plus souvent un plaisir imm\u00e9diat de la construction, pour lui, un plaisir du regard complice pour ses lecteurs, qu\u2019Alex Varenne a peaufin\u00e9 de plus en plus son talent personnel et original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne5.jpg?resize=505%2C610&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne5.jpg?w=505&amp;ssl=1 505w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne5.jpg?resize=248%2C300&amp;ssl=1 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Il a ainsi collabor\u00e9, comme illustrateur, \u00e0 des revues comme \u00ab Playboy \u00bb ou \u00ab Penthouse \u00bb, et il aura eu \u00e0 c\u0153ur \u00e9galement de ne pas se contenter d\u2019un \u00e9rotisme soft en sage, mais d\u2019illustrer des textes r\u00e9solument X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne6.jpg?resize=681%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne6.jpg?resize=681%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne6.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne6.jpg?resize=768%2C1155&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne6.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Varenne est \u00e0 inscrire dans la mouvance cr\u00e9atrice de gens comme Pichard ou Claeys, c\u2019est \u00e9vident, une fratrie dans laquelle la libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression ne souffrait aucune r\u00e8gle autre que le talent et l\u2019envie d\u2019explorer, graphiquement, des univers de d\u00e9sir, de plaisir, de folie charnelle\u2026 Avec des vrais chefs d\u2019\u0153uvre du genre, comme \u00ab Ode \u00e0 l\u2019x \u00bb ou \u00ab Les larmes du sexe \u00bb sous les pinceaux d\u2019Alex Varenne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne7.jpg?resize=650%2C907&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne7.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne7.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est \u00e0 Andr\u00e9 Breton qu\u2019on attribue la phrase \u00ab La pornographie, c\u2019est l\u2019\u00e9rotisme des autres \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avec Alex Varenne, la fronti\u00e8re morale entre ces deux formes d\u2019art aussi vieilles que l\u2019est l\u2019art lui-m\u00eame, cette fronti\u00e8re n\u2019existait plus\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacques Schra\u00fbwen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u2019entr\u00e9e d\u2019Alex Varenne (\u00e0 l\u2019instigation de son fr\u00e8re Daniel) dans l\u2019univers de la bande dessin\u00e9e date de la fin des ann\u00e9es 70, avec une saga qui, d\u00e8s le d\u00e9part, a d\u00e9not\u00e9 dans un monde bd qui commen\u00e7ait (enfin) \u00e0 se lib\u00e9rer du carcan de la tradition. Rappelons qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque la revue \u00ab Charlie mensuel \u00bb [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hommages-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bd-chroniques.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/varenne1.jpg?fit=650%2C836&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8dqsu-1pK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5448,"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440\/revisions\/5448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bd-chroniques.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}