Agofroy, Hélène
French, 20th - 21st century, female.Born 1953, in Troyes.Sculptor, draughtsman, installation artist, video artist.Hélène Agofroy lives and works in Paris. The origins of Hélène Agofroy's sculptures can be found in the paintings of the Quattrocento. She is interested in the positioning of objects in Italian frescoes and paintings. She studies their multiple perspectival effects, then incorporates them into her sculpture. From common elements, such as wood, plaster and resin, Agofroy builds light, open worked sculptures of complex geometric design. They invoke overturned hulls, light cradles, or, as in ..
Encyclopedia Article, 2011
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011