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
(Biography provided by Ivy Brown)
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Artist: Agnes Baillon
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
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...
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2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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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
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Mixed Media
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Portrait de Jeune
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Portrait de Jeune by Agnes Baillon, 2016
Resin
5.5"l x 4.75"w x 6.25"h
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin
Nageuse Argentée
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Hand-painted bust in papier mache.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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Papier Mâché
Tenir Son Ame
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Single figure in papier mache.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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Papier Mâché
Petite Chanteuse
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Standing figure in papier mache.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
Garçon et Son Ame
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Single figure in papier mache.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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Papier Mâché
Face à Face
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
A pair of papier mâché seated sculptures.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
2 Frères (Younger Brother)
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Two brothers in papier mache. This listing specifies the the shorter of the two.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
Petite Madonne
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Hand-painted bust in papier mache.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
Fille à la Grosse Boule
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Standing figure in papier mache.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
Marianna
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind papier mache figure.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
2 Frères (Big Brother)
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Two brothers in papier mache. This listing species the the taller of the two.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
Mademoiselle
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind.
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin
Petit cri du coeur
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind.
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2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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Resin
Une ménagère
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind.
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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Resin
Femme et sa boule
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind.
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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Resin
Fille aux écouteurs
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind.
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
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Papier Mâché
Tartine
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind.
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin
Petit Fragment I
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind.
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Bronze
Sans ses clés
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
One of a kind. Includes staircase pedestal.
Category
2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin
Bernadette fond blanc
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Bernadette fond blanc by Agnes Baillon
Paper Mache
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Fragment 1
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Fragment 1 by Agnes Baillon
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin
2 small portraits with gold and silver caps
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
2 small portraits with gold and silver caps by Agnes Baillon
Paper mache, silver leaf, gold leaf
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Ortance
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Ortance by Agnes Baillon
Bronze, one of a kind
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Bronze
Grand buste de reine
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Grand buste de reine by Agnes Baillon
Paper Mache
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
La Valise en Carton
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
papier mache sculpture, one of a kind.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Oil, Paper, Glue
Petit buste de Reine
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Petit buste de Reine by Agnes Baillon
Paper mach & gold leaf, one of a kind
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Buste de femme renaissance dans son cadre doré
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Buste de femme renaissance dans son cadre doré by Agnes Baillon and Eric de Dormae, 2016
Resin and brass
8”l x 5”w x 18"h
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin
Jeune Pointant du Doigt
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Jeune Pointant du Doigt by Agnes Baillon
Bronze, 02 of 08
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Bronze
Femen Croisant les Bras
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Resin
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Resin
Maud
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
Maud by Agnes Baillon
Paper Mache, one of a kind
Category
Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Papier Mâché
Grand Buste de Jeune
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
papier mache, one of a kind.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Glue, Oil, Paper
Lecon de Natation
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
bronze, 03 of 08
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Bronze
Buste D'homme
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
papier mache, one of a kind.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Glue, Oil, Paper
Buste Reliquaire Avec Tete D'homme
By Agnes Baillon
Located in Culver City, CA
papier mache, one of a kind.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art
Materials
Glue, Oil, Paper
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