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AN ARTIST WHOSE WORK IS STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY POP ART AND A JET-SET FAVOURITE, VINC HAS MADE GSTAAD HIS PLAYGROUND OF CHOICE SINCE THE 1980S.
A Gstaad regular, Vinc regards the Palace and the Olden as his second home. The painter produces creations rocking bright, electric colours. These vibrant hues form part of a morale-boosting Post Pop style. This spiritual son of Andy Warhol is a man of the world who places icons – be they Gstaad, Louboutin or Campbell’s – on soup boxes. In 1992, he produced a custom-made work that decks out the GreenGo like New York City. Vinc held his first exhibitions at the Palace.
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For 15 years, his traditional Christmas exhibition on the walls of the Baccarat room has drawn international celebrities from Paris Hilton to the Hallyday family, not to mention Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy, and the Moore family. The Olden exhibits his works in more intimate formats, a gathering of the “who’s who” of Gstaad. Some of his favourite moments in Gstaad are those timeless ones spent with Ermes Elsener and his loyal team before they begin serving.