Jacques Villeglé (French, born )

Timeline

1926
Born, Quimper, France
1953
Published Hepérile Éclaté
1958
published an overview of his work on ripped posters, Des Réalités collectives, which is to a certain degree a prefiguration of the manifesto of the New Realism group
1960–1963
Member of the Nouveau Réalisme art group

Exhibitions

2011
Jacques Villeglé DÉCOLLAGES: 1960-2004, Modernism, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2008–2009
Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
1999
50 Years of Decollage, Ubu Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1961
The Art of Assemblage, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1957
Exhibition, Colette Allendy Gallery, Paris, France (first solo exhibition)

Public Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Musée d’Israël, Israel, Jerusalem
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden