Décollage is an artistic collage technique practiced between the 1950’s and 60’s, primarily associated with Nouveau Ralisme and Lettrism within Europe. The term is derived from French that means ‘to take off’ which illustrates the concept of tearing exisiting layers to create a new composition. When images are reconstructed through collage, this aesthetic is best described as deconstructive, inviting fragmentation and diffusion while disregarding the traditional visual representation. This form of art became popular in the 1950’s and 60’s because it opposed the abstract expressionist movement. Artists such as Mimmo Rotella, Jacques Villeglé, and Wolf Vostell incorporated décollage into their work with a focus on consumerism and the mass media world of the contemporary urban environment. These renowned artists worked with shredded posters, advertisements, and collage materials to criticize cultural standards and the superficial reality of today’s society. Touted as an artistic practice of recontextualization, décollage shifts the analytical focus of spectators from a linear perception of visual fragments to their engagement with more intricate meanings contained within the surfaces that are rearranged and torn. Destruction is seen as an opportunity for re-creation, and disorder gives rise to a new structure. The powerof intervention is transformative. Decollage serves as an excellent example. Because of how it fosters the thought process of how boundaries of the traditional practices of art can be transgressed, it continues to inspire modern sculptors tired of undertaking ordinary convention-bound work.