Vincent Lagrange's 'Never Enough' Turns Greed into Bulging Sculptures

After two decades of animal photography, Vincent Lagrange pivots to sculpture with 'Never Enough,' a series that visualizes human greed as soft, bloated forms straining against solid walnut frames. Developed in his Antwerp atelier over two years, the works use 3D software, mold-making, and matte mineral surfaces to create a contradiction: forms that appear fleshy and warm but are hard and unyielding. Lagrange incorporates pigments from elephant dung of Mala, an elephant he photographed for his earlier series 'Between Us,' linking past observation to present critique. Abstraction replaces recognizable symbols to deny viewers an easy escape from confronting excess. The artist cites pink oyster mushrooms cultivated in his studio as a key influence, contrasting natural limits with human hoarding. The frames are integral, turning overflow from chaos into drama. Lagrange admits the process revealed his own complicity: 'My obsession of creating mirrors the obsession the work exposes.' The series aims to interrupt patterns of consumption, planting a pause between wanting and taking.