Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Jacques Villeglé (1926 - 2022), died at age 96 years

was a French mixed-media artist and affichiste famous for his alphabet with symbolic letters and decollage with ripped or lacerated posters.He was a member of the Nouveau Réalisme art group (1960–1970).His work is primarily focused on the anonymous and on the marginal remains of civilization. Villeglé first started producing art in 1947 in Saint-Malo by collecting found objects (steel wires, bricks from Saint-Malo's Atlantic retaining wall). In December 1949, he concentrated his work on ripped advertising posters from the street. Working with fellow artist Raymond Hains, Villeglé began to use collage and found/ripped posters from street advertisements in creating Ultra-Lettrist psychogeographical hypergraphics in the 1950s, and in June 1953, he published Hepérile Éclaté, a phonetic poem by Camille Bryen, which was made unreadable when read through strips of grooved glass made by Hains., , In Memory of Jacques Villeglé. Personal Death record and Detailed information about the deceased person.
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