At first glance, Vincent Olinet's mixed-media sculptures of pretty things like layer cakes, four-poster fairy beds and glossy lipsticks are seductive, but upon closer look they reveal a subversive side. The cakes have collapsed in a gooey mess, the beds have been left outside to rot in the rain, and the lipsticks are sloppoly varnished. "
I like to make shiny, colorful art pieces that appeal to our dreams and urges but actually deal with decay or disillusion", says the Brussels-based artist.
A fairy tale with
Not yet my story, Wanderland, Tilburg 2008
Decadent with these non-edible pieces
Petit Gateau, 2003
Yaourt grec fruit du Japon, 2007
La vitrine, 2007
Flowery
Je vous aime tous, Fiac, Paris 2007
Unusual
Twice Upon A Time, Gallery Laurent Godin, Paris 2010
Passion
Rouge Santa Barbara, 2009
