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

Artist: Agnes Baillon

Agnes BaillonThree female figure: '3 nageuses tranquilles', 2021

$6,000

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

Agnes BaillonStanding figure: 'Nageuse vedette', 2020

$2,800

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

Agnes BaillonSculpture of Bust: 'Paulette', 2019

$1,800

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

Agnes BaillonLarge standing figure: 'un drap sur la tete', 2021

$7,000

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

Agnes BaillonSeated Female Figure: 'Nageuse Reveuse', 2021

$2,800

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

Agnes BaillonTwo Bust's on Pedistool: Petit face a face, 2021

$1,700

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

Agnes BaillonSeated female figure: 'Ngeuse rèflèchie', 2019

$5,500

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

Agnes BaillonStanding female figure: 'Acrobate plongeuse', 2020

$7,000

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

Agnes BaillonSeated female figure in box frame: 'Cachette Surprise', 2021

$2,800

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

Agnes BaillonBust with small bust inside torso on pedastool: 'Petit cri du coeur', 2017

$1,800

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

Agnes BaillonFemale standing figure: 'la pose de nageuse', 2021

$2,800

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

Agnes BaillonSculpture of feet: 'La ligne et les pieds', 2020

$1,600

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

Magdalena PeszkowskaUntitled, Neptune, Series Stand - Contemporary Photography - Painting Object, 2011

$6,642

H 57.09 in W 70.48 in D 0.2 in

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

Kat FlynBride, 2020

$2,000

H 28 in W 10 in D 5 in

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

Rachel DennyDrifter, 2023

$4,850

H 19 in W 15 in D 13 in

Drifter

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Metal

Kat FlynNoah's Slaughterhouse, 2020

$2,600

H 20 in W 18 in D 8 in

Noah's Slaughterhouse

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

assemblage sculpture: painted wood building refashioned out of an old seed box, constructed old wood toy boat to resemble the Ark, vintage carved & painted an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Rachel DennyAries, 2024

$3,400

H 26 in W 22 in D 25 in

Aries

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Metal

Alessandro GalloCeramic, Wall Hanging Tile, French Cleat, Stoneware, 2D Sculpture, Justice, 2025

$7,000

H 16.5 in W 9.5 in D 0.5 in

Ceramic, Wall Hanging Tile, French Cleat, Stoneware, 2D Sculpture, Justice

By Alessandro Gallo

Located in St. Louis, MO

Ceramic, Wall Hanging Tile, French Cleat, Stoneware, 2D Sculpture, Justice “Animals carry strong associations that make them ideal in portraying, sometim...

Category

2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Paint, Mixed Media

Nancy LarrewU5b2

$2,760

H 8 in W 41 in D 9 in

U5b2

By Nancy Larrew

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Wood, fabric, cotton batting, and acrylic. Artist statement: "Represents my Haplogroup based on a collection of common inherited genes that trace ancestral lines back to an original parent through matrilineal mitochondria. U5b2 ties me – and millions of others – directly to an ancestral Mitochondrial Eve originating in the East African region of modern Kenya. U5b2’s wall-mounted boat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Fabric, Cotton, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Jerzy MazurNude Standing Woman - Relief Sculpture, 1998

$1,062

H 22.45 in W 11.82 in D 1.58 in

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

Walter RobinsonSouvenir (sheep), 2008

$14,500

H 120 in W 18 in D 12 in

Souvenir (sheep)

By Walter Robinson

Located in Bozeman, MT

Working in a range of materials— wood, epoxy, metal, and found materials— Walter Robinson hand-fabricates and assembles objects, signage and tableaux that investigate the mechanics o...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Bronze

Rachel DennyStar Grazers, 2023

$16,100

H 54 in W 54 in D 7 in

Star Grazers

By Rachel Denny

Located in Bozeman, MT

'We surround ourselves with elements from nature in the form of manicured lawns, sculpted trees, and our domesticated companions. We bend the natural world to our tastes and create a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Metal

Electric CoffinPeace Yeti: Artic Cobalt - Series of 200, 2023

$1,150

H 13 in W 8 in D 5 in

Peace Yeti: Artic Cobalt - Series of 200

Located in Bozeman, MT

Their work is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. They explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-driven s...

Category

2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Wax

Karine PayetteAdaptation II Contemporary Sculpture, Wood and Silicone, 2010-, 2023

$4,000

H 12 in W 4 in D 4 in

Adaptation II Contemporary Sculpture, Wood and Silicone, 2010-

By Karine Payette

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Through a variety of structural and wall-hanged pieces, Karine Payette’s Adaptation examines how changes in the environment can begin to have an impact on our physical existence. Ele...

Category

2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Wood, Silicone, Mixed Media, Pigment

Previously Available Items

Agnes BaillonStanding Female Figure: 'Nageuse Embrassee', 2021

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H 15 in W 4 in D 4 in

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

Agnes BaillonWall sculpture of seated figure in box frame: Garcon sage dans une boîte, 2021

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H 12.6 in W 10.44 in D 4.34 in

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

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