Fashion / From Polaroid

Alongside his art practice, Andrew Agutos has spent years designing for various fashion brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Guess? Jeans and BCBGMaxazria. His work includes concepting for advertising campaigns, branding, all forms of digital content and most impactful on his art—on set film photography.

Working with these images everyday found undeniable influence in his approach to painting. He has shot polaroids which were then directly painted on or used as references for portraits. He has had access to archival vitrine displays—prints from notable fashion photographers, which he then painted on.

Today, he extends this intervention of fashion imagery by peeling posters off the streets of Paris then mounting them on wooden panels serving as the starting point for new paintings.

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mAthemAtics, 2023. Oil, oil stick, acrylic, spraypaint, gesso on found poster mounted on wooden panel, 100x70cm. Painted in Paris, France.


La Rosaleona, 2023. Oil, oil stick, acrylic, spraypaint, gesso on found poster mounted on wooden panel, 70x100cm. Painted in Paris, France.


REᗡЯUM, 2023. Oil stick, acrylic, enamel, gesso on found poster mounted on wooden panel, 100x70cm. Painted in Paris, France.


Palmistry, 2023. Oil stick, acrylic, spraypaint, gesso on found poster mounted on wooden panel, 100x70cm. Painted in Paris, France.


A.A. (Kate Moss intervention), 2023. Oil stick, acrylic, enamel, gesso on found poster mounted on wooden panel, 100x70cm. Painted in Paris, France.


Untitled (Kendall Jenner canvas), 2017. Oil, acrylic, spraypaint on clear-gessoed inkjet cotton, 36x54in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Adriana Lima by Peter Lindbergh), 2017. Oil, acrylic, spraypaint on inkjet canvas, 20x16in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Chantel), 2017. Oil, acrylic, spraypaint on canvas, 3x3ft. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Dina), 2016. Acrylic, spraypaint on canvas, 27x28in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Iliana), 2016. Acrylic, charcoal, spraypaint on canvas, 31x27in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Erika), 2016. Oil, acrylic, charcoal on canvas, 32x28in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Pharrell Williams), 2016. Acrylic, spraypaint, resin on canvas. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (BCBG #3), 2016. Oil, acrylic on inkjet canvas, 14x11in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (BCBG #2), 2016. Oil, acrylic, spraypaint on inkjet canvas, 11x14in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (BCBG #1), 2016. Oil, acrylic, spraypaint on inkjet canvas, 14x11in. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Sky Ferreira Playboy Magazine), 2016. Acrylic on found poster. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Milla Jovovich), 2015. Acrylic, spraypaint, ink, lasercut plywood on drywall. Painted in Los Angeles, California.


Untitled (Saskia), 2015. Acrylic, latex, spraypaint, charcoal, collage, tissue paper, tape on canvas. Painted in Los Angeles, California.