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...

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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...

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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...

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2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

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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...

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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 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...

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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: '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 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

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

Kat FlynFortress America, 2020

$2,000

H 14 in W 20 in D 12 in

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

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Mixed Media

Corjan NodelijkGewei Deer Sculpture Mixed Media Surrealism Animal Wildlife In Stock, 2025

$4,448

H 20.48 in W 15.36 in D 11.82 in

Gewei Deer Sculpture Mixed Media Surrealism Animal Wildlife In Stock

By Corjan Nodelijk

Located in Utrecht, NL

Gewei Deer Sculpture Mixed Media Surrealism Animal Wildlife In Stock Corjan Nodelijk is a composer and a professional storyteller. The quirky and surreal creatures - mostly people or...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

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Mixed Media

Linda SteinAmerican Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Country Knight 643, 2009

$35,000

H 58 in W 19 in D 15 in

American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Country Knight 643

Located in New York, NY

This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Metal

Jordy KerwickTiger Head, 2024

$46,000

H 28.75 in W 32.29 in D 19.69 in

Tiger Head

Located in London, GB

Jordy Kerwick Tiger Head, 2024 Mixed media 73 x 82 x 50 cm 28 3/4 x 32 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches ordan Kerwick’s gritty, thickly impastoed paintings range from haunting figurative portra...

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2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

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Mixed Media

Linda SteinAmerican Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Dreams 531, 2005

$45,000

H 51 in W 15 in D 7 in

American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Dreams 531

Located in New York, NY

This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Stone, Metal

Linda SteinLinda Stein, Protection 469 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wall Sculpture, 2002

$35,000

H 48 in W 15 in D 9 in

Linda Stein, Protection 469 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wall Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Linda Stein, Protection 469 - Contemporary Mixed Media Metal Wall Sculpture Protection 469 is from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series, which she started after being forced ...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

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Metal

Linda SteinLinda Stein, Sticks and Stones 711- Contemporary Mixed Media Earth Sculpture, 2011

$45,000

H 37 in W 20 in D 11 in

Linda Stein, Sticks and Stones 711- Contemporary Mixed Media Earth Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

This sculpture from Linda Stein’s I am the Environment series explores the artist's relationship to the earth and addresses the interconnectedness of all living things. This sculptu...

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2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Stone

Linda SteinJustice for All 698 - Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture, 2010

$55,000

H 79 in W 24 in D 9 in

Justice for All 698 - Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Justice for All 698 from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icon...

Category

2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Wood, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Linda SteinLinda Stein Bold Quest- Contemporary Mixed Media Colorful Wonder Woman Sculpture, 2010

$45,000

H 78 in W 23 in D 6 in

Linda Stein Bold Quest- Contemporary Mixed Media Colorful Wonder Woman Sculpture

Located in New York, NY

This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper

Linda SteinContemporary Mixed Media Wunderkammer Sculpture Welcome to Another Country 1275, 2023

$40,000

H 45 in W 25 in D 22 in

Contemporary Mixed Media Wunderkammer Sculpture Welcome to Another Country 1275

Located in New York, NY

Linda Stein, Welcome to Another Country 1275 - Contemporary Art Mixed Media Wunderkammer Sculpture This work from Linda Stein's Displacement From Home series draws from the traditio...

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2010s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

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Metal

Linda SteinAmerican Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Wishing 557, 2006

$45,000

H 48 in W 16 in D 6 in

American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Wishing 557

Located in New York, NY

This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Stone, Metal

Linda SteinAmerican Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Triumph 530, 2005

$45,000

H 48 in W 12 in D 7 in

American Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture - Linda Stein, Knight of Triumph 530

Located in New York, NY

This sculpture from Linda Stein’s Knights of Protection series functions both as a defender in battle and a symbol of pacifism. The series references popular and religious icons suc...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Agnes Baillon Art

Materials

Stone, Metal

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 BaillonStanding figure: 'Nageuse vedette', 2020

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H 18.9 in W 7.09 in D 5.52 in

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 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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