Pompidou - rue de Crimée 20.11.69

by Jacques Villeglé

Artist Jacques Villeglé (Frankrike, 1926 - 2022)

Date1969

DimensionsBildmått: 100 × 65 cm Ram: 102 × 67,5 × 3 cm

Countries

Frankrike

Credit LineInköp 1971

Object NumberNMB 2017

The artwork is not on display

About the artwork In 1949, Jacques Villeglé interrupted his architectural studies in Nantes to go to Paris. He wandered the streets and stripped off pieces of the city’s many layers of torn advertising posters. These ripped fragments are not traces of artistic expression but of people’s attempts to remove something – signs of aggression or playfulness. The title of the work indicates where and when it was made. Villeglé’s sharp excerpts from specific times and places are like a slice of contemporary history. What remains is an image created by coincidence but chosen by the artist’s eye. The selection Villeglé makes reflect his interest in the history, social conditions and culture of the place, often full of associations, allusions and play on words. Selected exhibition history Jacques de la Villeglé Retrospektivt 1949-1971 (1971) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Pop Art & Nouveau Réalisme, ur samlingarna (1991-1992) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Villeglé : retrospektivt 1949 - 1971 : Moderna Museet 16 okt - 21 nov 1971Pop Art & Nouveau realisme : ur Moderna Museets samlingar : Moderna Museet 26.12.1991 - 09.08.1992

Works by the artist