Dutch and Flemish Still Lifes Rendered in Plastic

Cast your eye over the 49 dark, atmospheric tableaus which make up the newest body of work by artist Mariele Neudecker and you’ll quickly recognise that, traditional though they seem, something is amiss. Where heaps of softening fruit, sinister scowling skulls and wilting flowers should stand, instead there are kitsch singing sunflower toys, bottles of ketchup and hockey helmets. Every item in the series, in fact, is made of…