Louis Pons

French artist (1927–2021)

Louis Pons (30 April 1927 – 12 January 2021) was a French collage artist. He specialised in reliefs and assemblages made entirely from discarded objects and junk.^[1] In Agnès Varda's documentary The Gleaners and I, Pons explains his artistic process and understanding of art; what others see as "a cluster of junk," he sees as "a cluster of possibilities;"^[2] and that the function of art is to tidy up one's inner and exterior worlds.^[1]

Pons was born on 30 April 1927.^[3] He died on 12 January 2021, at the age of 93.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Tidying up as a function of art". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
^ "Documentary collects insightful tales". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
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^ "L'artiste plasticien Louis Pons est mort". Le Monde. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.