Thierry Agullo (1945 in

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– 29 January 1980 in

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), was a French artist. He is best known for his collections of irons, shoes, and other objectsA collection of irons and shoes named ''94 pointes lancées à bouts tronqués'' is exhibited at the Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Étienne. Other collections are held at the Musée de l'objet of

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. in the sociological art movement of the 1970s.

Biography

Thierry Agullo was interested in

typography Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typogra ...

and

publishing Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

as a youth and had an apprenticeship under

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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 (April 13, 1900 – March 3, 1976) was a French painter, photographer and "maker of objects". Early life and education Pierre Molinier was born in Agen, France, and spent most of his life in Bordeaux. He began his artistic ca ...

, who became a colleague as well as a close friend.
Their friendship resulted in two series of photographs: ''L'Indécence'', 110 black and white photographs 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 is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Androgyny may be expressed with regard to Sex, biological sex or gender expression. When ''androgyny'' refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in humans, it oft ...

, 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 (born July 6, 1933) is a French new media artist. He makes use of video, photography, the printed press, mail, radio, television, telephone, telematics, and the internet in a wide range of installations, performances, and public interv ...

. In 1979, he was editor of a posthumous collection of poems by

, ''Les Orphéons magiques,'' written between 1946 and 1950.

Written works

* ''Robinet d'amour'' (Poems of 1977), Al Dante, 2000 * ''Tracts hétéroclite'', Al Dante, 2000

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 A Fonds régional d'art contemporain (Frac) is a public regional collection of contemporary art set in one of the metropolitan or overseas regions of France. There are currently 23 Fracs across the country, organised into a national network called P ...

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, 16 November 2002 – 4 January 2003.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Agullo, Thierry 1945 births 1980 deaths French artists