Thierry Agullo
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Thierry Agullo was a French artist
born in Bordeaux
in 1945, died in a car accident in Poitiers
on 29 January 1980.
He is best known for his collections of irons, shoes, and other objects in the sociological art
movement of the 1970s
.
and publishing and had an apprenticeship under Robert Morel at Soleil Noir.
In 1965, he began to collect used irons, which he exhibited for the first time in December 1972 - as well as wallets, purses, and gloves.
In 1971, he also produced typographical compositions, collages, and cut-up texts.
In 1974, he met the artist Pierre Molinier
, who became a colleague as well as a close friend.
Their friendship resulted in two series of photographs: L'Indécence, 110 black-and-white photos produced as a limited edition book by the À l'Enseigne des Oudins gallery in 1975, and Thérèse Agullo on the theme of androgyny
, created in 1976 just before the suicide of Pierre Molinier.
In 1975, he joined the Collectif d'Art Sociologique which was founded in 1974 by Fred Forest
.
In 1979, he was editor of a posthumous collection of poems by Pierre Molinier
, Les Orphéons magiques, written between 1946 and 1950.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
born in Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
in 1945, died in a car accident in Poitiers
Poitiers
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...
on 29 January 1980.
He is best known for his collections of irons, shoes, and other objects in the sociological art
Sociological art
Sociological Art is an artistic movement and approach to aesthetics created by Fred Forest, Hervé Fischer and Jean-Paul Thénot in 1974.-From 1967 to 1974:As of 1967 Fred Forest began a series of actions that would foreground the Sociological Art movement...
movement of the 1970s
1970s
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Biography
As a youth, Thierry Agullo was interested in typographyTypography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
and publishing and had an apprenticeship under Robert Morel at Soleil Noir.
In 1965, he began to collect used irons, which he exhibited for the first time in December 1972 - as well as wallets, purses, and gloves.
In 1971, he also produced typographical compositions, collages, and cut-up texts.
In 1974, he met the artist Pierre Molinier
Pierre Molinier
Pierre Molinier was a painter, photographer and "maker of objects". He was born in Agen and lived his life in Bordeaux . He began his career by painting landscapes, but his work turned towards a fetishistic eroticism early on.Molinier began to take photographs at the age of 18...
, who became a colleague as well as a close friend.
Their friendship resulted in two series of photographs: L'Indécence, 110 black-and-white photos produced as a limited edition book by the À l'Enseigne des Oudins gallery in 1975, and Thérèse Agullo on the theme of androgyny
Androgyny
Androgyny is a term derived from the Greek words ανήρ, stem ανδρ- and γυνή , referring to the combination of masculine and feminine characteristics...
, created in 1976 just before the suicide of Pierre Molinier.
In 1975, he joined the Collectif d'Art Sociologique which was founded in 1974 by Fred Forest
Fred Forest
Fred Forest is a French new media artist making use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone, telematics, and the internet in a wide range of installations, performances, and public interventions that explore both the ramifications and potential of media space...
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In 1979, he was editor of a posthumous collection of poems by Pierre Molinier
Pierre Molinier
Pierre Molinier was a painter, photographer and "maker of objects". He was born in Agen and lived his life in Bordeaux . He began his career by painting landscapes, but his work turned towards a fetishistic eroticism early on.Molinier began to take photographs at the age of 18...
, Les Orphéons magiques, written between 1946 and 1950.
Written works
- Robinet d'amour (Poems of 1977), Al Dante, 2000 ISBN 2911073614
- Tracts hétéroclite, Al Dante, 2000 ISBN 2911073622
Recent exhibitions
- Thierry Agullo, À l'Enseigne des Oudins Gallery, Paris, 1 July-30 September 2000.
- François Pluchart - l'art, un acte de participation au monde, Fonds régional d'art contemporain in BourgogneBourgogneBurgundy is one of the 27 regions of France.The name comes from the Burgundians, an ancient Germanic people who settled in the area in early Middle-age. The region of Burgundy is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy, from the modern...
, 16 November 2002-4 January 2003.