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.

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Jacques Villeglé (1,203 results)

Les dessous de la rue Lebon, 1959

Jacques Villeglé

Les dessous de la rue Lebon, 1959

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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Dormir, 1977

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Rue Rouelle XVe, 1971

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Rouelle XVe, 1971

Sale Date: November 2, 2022

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Costellazione, 1984

Jacques Villeglé

Costellazione, 1984

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Louise attaque - Bld Godart Bordeaux Juillet , 1998

Jacques Villeglé

Louise attaque - Bld Godart Bordeaux Juillet , 1998

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Rue de Bagnolet, 1986

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de Bagnolet, 1986

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Rue des Haudriettes, 1985

Jacques Villeglé

Rue des Haudriettes, 1985

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Rue de la Perle, 1977

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de la Perle, 1977

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Zaire, 1978, 1978

Jacques Villeglé

Zaire, 1978, 1978

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Rue aux Ours, 1986

Jacques Villeglé

Rue aux Ours, 1986

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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Untitled, with Raymond Hains, Untitled, from , 1973

Jacques Villeglé

Untitled, with Raymond Hains, Untitled, from , 1973

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Untitled, 1993

Jacques Villeglé

Untitled, 1993

Sale Date: July 12, 2022

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Ensemble de 2 gravures, 1980

Jaquess Villeglé and Mimmo Rotella

Ensemble de 2 gravures, 1980

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Affiches lacérées n° 27

Jacques Villeglé

Affiches lacérées n° 27

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Affiches lacérées n° 25

Jacques Villeglé

Affiches lacérées n° 25

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Affiches lacérées n° 9

Jacques Villeglé

Affiches lacérées n° 9

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Le Temps (Totem), 2014

Jacques Villeglé

Le Temps (Totem), 2014

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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3ème arrondissement, 1980

Jacques Villeglé

3ème arrondissement, 1980

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Stella-Métro, 1977

Jacques Villeglé

Stella-Métro, 1977

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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122 rue du Temple, 1965

Jacques Villeglé

122 rue du Temple, 1965

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Visage, 1996

Jacques Villeglé

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Sans titre, 1995

Jacques Villeglé

Sans titre, 1995

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Les Précurseurs, 2010

Jacques Villeglé

Les Précurseurs, 2010

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Les Murs ont la parole, 2001

Jacques Villeglé

Les Murs ont la parole, 2001

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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