Art and activism.
Agnes B. – whose real name is Agnes Trouble – is opening her own gallery in an up-and-coming corner of the French capital.
"Some people like to go out and be seen," said the 78-year-old who dressed her friend David Bowie for decades and who made the famous black jacket with the leather collar that John Travolta wore in the filmBoth, however, shared a passion for all kinds of modern art. And now Agnes – whose real name is Agnes Trouble – is opening her own gallery in an up-and-coming corner of the French capital.
Her idea is to bring the art, music, fashion and publishing worlds together with the neighbourhood's young tech crowd and its multi-ethnic working-class residents. Now, she has a collection of Basquiats, Warhols, Nan Goldins, Martin Parrs and paintings by Gilbert and George all of her own that many institutions would mortgage themselves for.
Born in Versailles, near Paris, into a genteel, but impoverished Catholic family, Agnes's adolescence was marked by abuse by her uncle. "After I had my twins at 19, I left Christian at 21 without a penny. I was lucky to be very poor without being very unhappy. I would buy ham from the shop with the money they gave me for bring them empty bottles.The experience helped forge her social conscience that has seen her support innumerable liberal causes in France and beyond.
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