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February 13, 2007
The image below is from a section of posters and advertisements stripped from the rue de Tolbiac in Paris.
Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé, Les Jazzmen, Jazzmen, 1961
Villeglé started making works using torn posters in the late 1940s and again in the 1960s. He wanted to emphasize the actions of anonymous passers-by who had torn and stripped the posters, a process that he regarded as a spontaneous art of the street.
Villeglé was part of a larger group in the 1960s called Nouveau Réalisme (New Realism), Paris' answer to the American Pop movement. The members of the group saw the world as an image, from which they would take parts and incorporate them into their works.
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Hi Gary,
As usual, a thoughtful and interesting piece. I like your investigations into the world, and I like this french piece. Is it a collage or a photo or did he remove it from a wall?
btw have a new blog of my own, if you wish to have a look.(as above)