Jacques Villeglé

(French, born 1926)

Jacques Villeglé is a French artist and “affichiste,” best known for his torn collaged works made from posters and advertisements. Villeglé’s work is representative of an obscured sense of cultural reference and the deterioration of civilization, with his densely layered surfaces suggesting social and political critiques through their appropriated imagery. “In the 1930s, the poster was called the newspaper of the street,” he explained, “something that really reflected society. And what I think I realized at the time was that the posters, as an art form, were always going to evolve and so there would always be something new to explore.” Born in Quimper, France on March 27, 1926, it was during a stay in Saint-Malo in 1947 when he began pilfering material from the city's Atlantic-retaining wall for use in collage. Over time, he developed his distinctive process of layered advertising posters, offering a ripped and degraded conceptual survey of contemporary French culture that became an important influence to the Nouveau Realisme movement. Villeglé's work is aligned with the Ultra-Lettrist movement of the late 1950s, stemming from his contact with the Lettrist poet François Dufrêne in 1954 who would also introduce him to the prominent artists Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely.

Jacques Villeglé Artworks

Jacques Villeglé (1,203 results)

LACERE ANONYME, 1969

Jacques Villeglé

LACERE ANONYME, 1969

Sale Date: October 23, 2018

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RUE COUTURE SAINT GERVAIS, JUILLET 1980, 1980

Jacques Villeglé

RUE COUTURE SAINT GERVAIS, JUILLET 1980, 1980

Sale Date: October 16, 2018

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Table

Jacques Villeglé

Table "Malevitch", 2011

Sale Date: September 22, 2018

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Sans titre, 2018

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 2018

Sale Date: June 27, 2018

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Rita Mitsouko, 15ème couche, Rue Lucas,..., 1998

Jacques Villeglé

Rita Mitsouko, 15ème couche, Rue Lucas,..., 1998

Sale Date: June 18, 2018

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Zürich, 1965

Jacques Villeglé

Zürich, 1965

Sale Date: June 8, 2018

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Metro Arts-et-Métiers, 2000

Jacques Villeglé

Metro Arts-et-Métiers, 2000

Sale Date: June 8, 2018

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Horizontale au signe Maure, 1965

Jacques Villeglé

Horizontale au signe Maure, 1965

Sale Date: June 2, 2018

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Place de Thorigny (S’abstenir), 1967

Jacques Villeglé

Place de Thorigny (S’abstenir), 1967

Sale Date: June 8, 2018

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Décollage, 1964

Jacques Villeglé

Décollage, 1964

Sale Date: April 24, 2018

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Sans titre, 1992, 1992

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 1992, 1992

Sale Date: April 13, 2018

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Sans titre, 1992, 1992

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 1992, 1992

Sale Date: April 13, 2018

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Avenue Du Maine, 1987, 1987

Jacques Villeglé

Avenue Du Maine, 1987, 1987

Sale Date: April 5, 2018

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ARC-EN-CIEL-METRO, 1965

Jacques Villeglé

ARC-EN-CIEL-METRO, 1965

Sale Date: March 27, 2018

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LOT-ET-GARONNE, 1998

Jacques Villeglé

LOT-ET-GARONNE, 1998

Sale Date: March 27, 2018

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Sans titre (Naked), 2003

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre (Naked), 2003

Sale Date: March 28, 2018

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Quai do la rapÃ©e

Jacques Villeglé

Quai do la rapÃ©e

Sale Date: March 14, 2018

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Règgae Den Brow, carrefour St Martin avenue..., 1998

Jacques Villeglé

Règgae Den Brow, carrefour St Martin avenue..., 1998

Sale Date: January 21, 2018

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Me Edouart Vaillant le Kremlin Biâtre, 1991

Jacques Villeglé

Me Edouart Vaillant le Kremlin Biâtre, 1991

Sale Date: January 20, 2018

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Composition

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: January 27, 2018

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Bordeaux Hangard V, B. B. bd Sucida, 1998, 1998

Jacques Villeglé

Bordeaux Hangard V, B. B. bd Sucida, 1998, 1998

Sale Date: December 19, 2017

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Coffret contenant 4 sérigraphies d'un...

Jacques Villeglé

Coffret contenant 4 sérigraphies d'un...

Sale Date: December 19, 2017

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Affiches lacérées, arrachage.

Jacques Villeglé

Affiches lacérées, arrachage.

Sale Date: December 8, 2017

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AVENUE COLETTE VILLIERS, 1959

Jacques Villeglé

AVENUE COLETTE VILLIERS, 1959

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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