Jacques Villeglé
„Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare“ (Mao)
Artist
Jacques Villeglé
Additional Description
Décollage mit Plakatabriss, auf Leinwand aufgezogen. 1976. Ca. 93,5 x 114 cm. Signiert unten rechts. Verso auf der Leinwand nochmals signiert sowie datiert „18 Septembre 1976“, betitelt und mit Maßangaben bezeichnet.
Period
(1926 Quimper – Paris 2022)
Technique
Paintings
Ausstellung
Villeglé, Galerie Arkos, Clermont-Ferrand 2001 ; Jacques Villeglé. Politiques. Affiches lacérées. 1957-1995, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris 2005, farb. Abb. S. 51 ; Jacques Mahé de La Villeglé, ein Plakatabreißer aus Paris, un décollagiste parisien, Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte/Kestner Pro Arte, Hannover 2007/2008 ; Jacques Villeglé. La comédie urbaine, Centre Pompidou, Paris 2008/2009, farb. Abb. S. 183 ; Nouveau Réalisme, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems-Stein 2010/2011, o. Kat.
Literature
Di Folco, Yves und Michele Di Folco, Jacques Villeglé. Carrefour politique, Calignac 1997, farb. Abb. S. 73; B.T. Carnet de voyages, Mouans-Sartoux 1997, farb. Abb. S. 25; Bourriaud, Nicolas et al., Villeglé, Flammarion, Paris 2007, farb. Abb. S. 41.
Provenance
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, verso auf dem Keilrahmen mit dem Etikett; Privatsammlung, Norddeutschland, 2005 bei Vorgenannter erworben.
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Description
- Characteristic décollage with a historical background
- Villeglé is one of the protagonists of Nouveau Réalisme, the trend-setting art movement in post-war France
- Works by Villeglé can be found in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the MoMA in New York
Jacques de la Villeglé began removing "affiches lacérées", i.e. torn posters, from the walls of Paris at the end of 1949 and transforming them into his own works. He described himself as an "affichist" and art critics soon coined the term "décollage" for his color-sensitive works. In the Paris art scene, he met the artists Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely and the critic Pierre Restany. With his art, he anticipated the aesthetic principles of Nouveau Réalisme, of which he was a founding member in 1960: by using "affiches lacérées", which he found by chance on Parisian street walls, he celebrated an art of everyday life and chance and created works with the simplest of means that were not only playful but also of high aesthetic value. The work presented here, "Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare" (Mao), refers in its title to the place where the torn poster was found and is an outstanding example of his art.
Villeglé P0 161.
With a photo-expertise signed by the artist, Paris, dated 28.10.2005.
- Villeglé is one of the protagonists of Nouveau Réalisme, the trend-setting art movement in post-war France
- Works by Villeglé can be found in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the MoMA in New York
Jacques de la Villeglé began removing "affiches lacérées", i.e. torn posters, from the walls of Paris at the end of 1949 and transforming them into his own works. He described himself as an "affichist" and art critics soon coined the term "décollage" for his color-sensitive works. In the Paris art scene, he met the artists Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely and the critic Pierre Restany. With his art, he anticipated the aesthetic principles of Nouveau Réalisme, of which he was a founding member in 1960: by using "affiches lacérées", which he found by chance on Parisian street walls, he celebrated an art of everyday life and chance and created works with the simplest of means that were not only playful but also of high aesthetic value. The work presented here, "Rue du Grenier-Saint-Lazare" (Mao), refers in its title to the place where the torn poster was found and is an outstanding example of his art.
Villeglé P0 161.
With a photo-expertise signed by the artist, Paris, dated 28.10.2005.