Grapus was a collective of graphic artists working together between 1970 and 1991, founded by Pierre Bernard (studied under Henryk Tomasewski). All members of the Communist party, the group maintained political, social and cultural engagement. They rejected commercial/government clients and only worked with theatre groups, progressive town councils, art institutions and the communist party itself.
Grapus remained devoted to the immediacy of posters and leaflets and the use of handwritten text. Using very low tech methods of collage and grainy photography for a raw and unpolished look. One of the reasons I love what I love today.
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