Art, Food

21\11\2014
Written by Daan Rombaut



Quentin Jones brings ‘The Fractured and the Feline’ to London’s Vinyl Factory

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Artist and surrealist tastemaker Quentin Jones is set to exhibit her latest work at The Vinyl Factory in London as of November 19. If it’s anything near her spread for Adult Magazine earlier, the audience is in for a sordid yet playful treat. Talking to Dazed & Confused about her exhibition, Jones spoke about her collab with talented set designer Robert Storey and how her unique aesthetic is shaking up both the fashion and art industry: “Robert designs spatially for film and editorial, and also for physical spaces. But for me, it is so cool that he is building houses for my work that contains his work within it. The film rooms we are building will play animations that will reflect around the room on mirrors so the viewer really walks into the film, with the sound that Peter Duffy has edited together for me echoing around them in 3D space.”

Having worked with brands by the likes of Louis Vuitton and Kenzo, Jones’ work is provocative and coincides with the art direction that labels like Kenzo are injecting into their campaigns lately. Explaining the concept of the series she did for Adult Magazine, Jones discussed the eroticism of fruit and toyed with the association we have between the shape of fruit and the associated sensuality: “I was playing with the idea of ripeness, turning to decay, rotten fruit crumpling flowers, and the sexualised female form. I’m really interested in how the images seem beautiful, but the smell and atmosphere is slightly too sweet, sticky and on the verge of turning foul. I also got into making the images look slightly mythical – set in picture perfect nature. The characters seem quite empowered until you realise they are posing for the pornographers lens.”

The Fractured and the Feline: Quentin Jones with Robert Storey is on show at The Vinyl Factory from 19 November through December 13, 2014. 

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