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 (58 results)
Décollage

Jacques Villeglé

Décollage

Uppsala Auktionskammare

Est. 15,000–20,000 SEK

Boulevard Hervé Morvan, 1964

Jacques Villeglé

Boulevard Hervé Morvan, 1964

AM Arte Moderna

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Rue René Boulanger, 1961

Jacques Villeglé

Rue René Boulanger, 1961

AM Arte Moderna

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Métro République, 1969

Jacques Villeglé

Métro République, 1969

Modernism Inc.

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Rue de l'Atlas, 1971

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de l'Atlas, 1971

Modernism Inc.

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Gentilly, 1991

Jacques Villeglé

Gentilly, 1991

Modernism Inc.

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Place Jeanne d'Arc, 1965

Jacques Villeglé

Place Jeanne d'Arc, 1965

Modernism Inc.

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Rue des Halles, 1972

Jacques Villeglé

Rue des Halles, 1972

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Rue René Boulanger, 1961

Jacques Villeglé

Rue René Boulanger, 1961

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Rue de Mézières, 1961

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de Mézières, 1961

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La Garenne-Columbes, 1989

Jacques Villeglé

La Garenne-Columbes, 1989

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Rue de l'Est Parisien, 1989

Jacques Villeglé

Rue de l'Est Parisien, 1989

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Rue des Vertus, 1979

Jacques Villeglé

Rue des Vertus, 1979

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Sortie Est de Paris, 1989

Jacques Villeglé

Sortie Est de Paris, 1989

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Rue Taylor, 1969

Jacques Villeglé

Rue Taylor, 1969

Modernism Inc.

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Les Mayas partout, 1961

Jacques Villeglé

Les Mayas partout, 1961

Modernism Inc.

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Belleville, Le Portugais, 1971

Jacques Villeglé

Belleville, Le Portugais, 1971

Modernism Inc.

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sans titre, 1970

Jacques Villeglé

sans titre, 1970

Galerie Ziegler

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ART, 2010

Jacques Villeglé

ART, 2010

AM Arte Moderna

16,000 EUR