Villegle and the Streets of Paris

France’s greatest living artist is an aristocratic street scavenger named Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé, a spry 88-year-old who harvests torn posters to capture the ephemeral DNA of the Paris Street. After five decades, the French art world has, finally, taken notice, yet no one has documented Villeglé’s life and work in English. Barnaby Conrad heads into the streets of Paris with Villeglé as he approaches his death to document how Villeglé’s sharp eyes and blade carve startling images from French pop culture.