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Décollage is an art style that is the opposite of collage; instead of an image being built up of all or parts of existing images, it is created by ripping and tearing away or otherwise removing pieces of an original image. [1] .
Décollage is a French word meaning literally to unstick, generally associated with a process used by artists of the nouveau réalisme (new realism) movement that involved making art from posters ripped from walls.
- Origins of The Term
- Nouveau Réalism
- Later Developments
The term décollage can be traced back to the Surrealist and detective novelist Leo Malet, who appeared in the Dictionnaire Abrege du Surrealismein 1938 alongside the following excerpt: 'Leo Malet has proposed the generalisation of the procedure that consists in tearing off parts of a poster in order to reveal fragments of the poster or posters unde...
The practice of décollage came to the fore predominantly in Paris during the 1950s through the work of Francois Dufrene, Raymond Hains and Jaques Villegle, yet was also practiced further afield by Mimmo Rotella in Italy and Wolf Vostell in Germany. Throughout the 1960s in Paris, Dufrene, Hains and Villegle became key members of the Nouveau Réaliste...
The appropriation of pre-existing imagery continued to prove popular in various guises throughout the Pop Art era of the 1960s, but was replaced with less expressive styles of pastiche and photomontage as postmodernism took over in the 1970s and 1980s. The act of defacement that décollage brought into the gallery space has continued to infiltrate a...
Décollage in art is the opposite of collage, as it involves creating an image by cutting, tearing, or removing pieces from an original image, as opposed to building an image from existing ones. The French term décollage translates to ‘take-off’ or ‘to become unglued’.
Decollage is a term coming from the French word for ‘unstick’ and refers to an artistic process that involves tearing and scraping old posters from the walls and their later application on canvas. This technique is associated with artists who belonged to the Nouveau Realisme (New Realism).
Décollage refers to a technique in art that involves the removal or peeling away of layers, often resulting in a collage-like effect. This method emphasizes the underlying textures and images that are revealed, offering a commentary on the nature of art and perception. It contrasts with traditional collage by focusing on the act of disassembling rather than assembling, highlighting themes of ...
Domenico "Mimmo" Rotella (Catanzaro, 7 October 1918 – Milan, 8 January 2006) was an Italian artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. Best known for his works of décollage and psychogeographics, made from torn advertising posters.
