Agnes Baillon Art
French, b. 1963
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual process or an explanation of what I do, but I try to reflect the emotion shown to me by reality. I work most often from photos of current events, even serious ones such as gratuitous violence.
I am fascinated by portraiture and the human body. I cannot imagine making a sculpture without visual expression. It is important for me that the viewer be disturbed, questioned.
My characters are often memories of people who are unusual, and I try to give them a visual voice, as if to say that each of us can be a little bit “border-line”.
Details such as hair, like references to specific periods, can stifle the imagination of the viewer; I prefer to leave them out or not clearly defined, allowing the viewer to unconsciously project personal experience, as if looking into a mirror.
I love the idea of creating eternal life in sculpture, like in the time of the Pharaohs.
Using white resin, or combining patina and oil paint on bronze, I try to reproduce the skin and the fragility of the living body.
Group portraits are what interest me the most at present. Putting several characters together adds complexity to the reading of the sculpture.
Agnès Baillon (translated by David Jester)
One day a visitor at one of my exhibitions came up to me and said, “These are the vestiges of a pacifist civilization.” He hesitated, awaiting my approval or disagreement. I had never looked at things from that angle. In the end it is through the words of others that we really learn about ourselves.
Vestiges. Yes, my figures are memories or fragments of another age, bygone perhaps, though in reality an age that never existed. And pacifist, definitely. I am deeply and personally committed to the power of nonviolence. I grew up in a community devoted to the peaceful struggle for a fair and humane cause. All my life my upbringing has defined me, and I believe that now it’s my turn to fight for certain values. With sculpture. In silence and without shouting. Maybe I am drawing on the poetry and affection inherent in my work to remind people that humanity cannot survive without hope.
My current work focuses on the wounded body, though I find that the theme’s dramatic impact doesn’t go far enough. The wound is not enough. My wounded figures heal themselves. They harden themselves against the violence from the outside world. I want to believe that human beings can rise from the ashes. In creating these bodies that have a life of their own, I also take comfort in the idea of giving life to figures that will outlive us.
Agnès Baillon
Paris, April 22, 2011
to
10
2
12
12
Standing figure: 'Nageuse vedette'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Sculpture of Bust: 'Paulette'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Seated female figure in box frame: 'Cachette Surprise'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Seated Female Figure: 'Nageuse Reveuse'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Two Bust's on Pedistool: Petit face a face
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Sculpture of feet: 'La ligne et les pieds'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Female standing figure: 'la pose de nageuse'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Seated female figure: 'Ngeuse rèflèchie'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Bust with small bust inside torso on pedastool: 'Petit cri du coeur'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Large standing figure: 'un drap sur la tete'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Three female figure: '3 nageuses tranquilles'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Standing female figure: 'Acrobate plongeuse'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Related Items
Fortress America
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: vintage wood fort with hand-painted graffiti, a vintage handmade wood carving of Uncle Sam & Trump, confederate flag scrap blindfold, metal chains, 4 vintage fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
I.D. Bracelet
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
ESPERANZA CORTÉS is a Colombian born contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés has exhibited in the United States in solo and group exhibitions in venues including Smack Mellon Gallery, Neuberger Museum of Art, Bronx Museum of Art, Queens Museum, El Museo Del Barrio, MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park and White-box Gallery in New York City. Nationally Cortes exhibitions include Cleveland Art Museum, OH, CSU Galleries at Cleveland University, OH, Helen Day Art Center, VT and The Lorenzo Homar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Metal
Marc Sijan "Security Guard" Sculpture
By Marc Sijan
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Sijan, Marc
Title: Security Guard
Date: 2024
Medium: Polyresin with oil paint and mixed media
Signature: Signed lower leg
Edition: Unique ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Oil
Scottie
By Leo Sewell
Located in Greenwich, CT
Leo Sewell (b. 1945) is an American "found object" artist. His assemblages of recycled material are in over 40 museums and in private collections worldwide.
Sewell was born in Annap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Untitled, Neptune, Series Stand - Contemporary Photography - Painting Object
By Magdalena Peszkowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
Individual technique on grey military blanket
Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Textile, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Monoprint, Other Medium
$6,605
H 57.09 in W 70.48 in D 0.2 in
Cats with 9 lives VI
By CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Signed and dated 2025.
OPEN FOR COMMISSIONS!!!
ALTERTATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media
Robot With Mask
By Demba Camara
Located in New York, NY
Robot with mask, 2012, Wood, painted, plastic elements, 35 x 30 x 56 cm, 4 kg
DEMBA Camara, born in 1970 in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire
2006/2007: Group exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain 2008: Group BHAI - friends of Art, Abidjan 2009 exhibition: solo exhibition at the galerie Le Lab, Abidjan
2009/2010: exhibition "Africa? -Una nuova storia"Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy since 2011: permanent exhibition at Gallery Amani, Abidjan
2012: Group exhibition at the galerie Le Lab, Abidjan group 'Africa Africa', Centre d'art contemporain, Meymac, France represented at Affordable Art Fair in Rome by Kyo black Representation on map a series of objects by Camara deep by Frédéric Bruly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Bride
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: old wood mantle clock box refashioned to resemble a Morocco Riad mansion, 6 antique painted skittles pins, antique photo with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Duo Sculpture Mixed Media Modern Animal Dog Bird Surreel Figurative In Stock
By Corjan Nodelijk
Located in Utrecht, NL
Duo Sculpture Mixed Media Modern Animal Dog Bird Surreel Figurative In Stock
Corjan Nodelijk is a composer and a professional storyteller. The quirky and surreal creatures - mostly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
$3,122
H 13.39 in W 9.85 in
Female Torso, Key Wall Hanging
Located in Nottingham, GB
Fascinating Sculpture. Each Key is intricately welded together to form this perfect form.
Light bounces off this wall sculpture making it a lovely home i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
The American Way
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
assemblage sculpture: vintage wood boxes containing 20 vintage handmade & painted wood toy game men, vintage handheld dexterity game that reads “The American Way – Liberty and Justice for All...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Nude Standing Woman - Relief Sculpture
By Jerzy Mazur
Located in Salzburg, AT
The relief sculpture is framed. The visible jumps on the legs were intentional and existed from the start, because the artist was inspired by ancient ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Previously Available Items
Standing Female Figure: 'Nageuse Embrassee'
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Wall sculpture of seated figure in box frame: Garcon sage dans une boîte
By Agnes Baillon
Located in New York, NY
‘I have created characters since I was a child.
I studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, but now I have a preference for sculpture.
I do not have an intellectual proc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Mixed Media
H 12.6 in W 10.44 in D 4.34 in
Agnes Baillon art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Agnes Baillon art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Agnes Baillon in mixed media and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Agnes Baillon art, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Anne Valérie Dupond, SOPHIE MARTIN, and Jacques Jarrige. Agnes Baillon art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,600 and tops out at $7,000, while the average work can sell for $2,800.