Olivier Mercier

Self-taught artist "Hunter" of cans, collector of objects and materials of all kinds, recycler, transformer, diverter...
I like this idea of ​​giving a second life to these everyday objects, tired, gnawed, rusty, dented, deformed, cooked by time, discarded, become useless, without interest, nor function, to "reincarnate" them into characters and creatures freely inspired by the art of the mask in African societies, Amerindian among others... Masks loaded with meaning, symbols, magical powers, beliefs and traditions, inhabited by spirits, good or bad geniuses... disturbing, playful, frightening, festive... and for me always magnificent and moving
And no doubt that from now on, when you see a can, you will no longer look at it quite the same way...

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