Spotlight on Jacques Villegle

Chicago isn't known as being one of the big art centers in the World. The gallery scene in particular is not as vibrant as it is in New York, LA, Santa Fe, London, Paris and Berlin. It is for this reason I was so pleasantly surprised to stumble upon the Alan Koppel Gallery. Located on Chicago and Wells, it is the only gallery situated in that general vicinity. It is a true 'white box' - clean, crisp, impeccably designed (book styling and all). It is the type of gallery that you would find in Chelsea and its exhibition on display could definitely compete with some of the top tier galleries in the World. I fell in love at first sight with the work of Jacques Villegle. Villegle's practice involves deconstructing posters and propaganda found on the streets of Paris - also known as decollage. He does this as a social commentary on how we view the everyday world. His recent retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris paid tribute to his life's body of work. Maybe it is my love of everything vintage...or my love of everything French...but I just can't get enough of his work!

Jacques Villegle