Wim Delvoye

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wim Delvoye
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	Jan 14, 1965(1965-01-14)
Age	59
Birthplace	Wervik
Country	Belgium
Birth City	Flemish Region
Horoscope	Capricorn

Wim Delvoye Biography

Wim Delvoye is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on January 14, 1965 in Wervik, Flemish Region, Belgium. Wim Delvoye (born 1965 in Wervik, West Flanders) is a Belgian Neo-conceptual artist renowned for his imaginative and often shocking work. A large portion of his work is centered upon the human body. The writer Robert Enright wrote in the art magazine Border Crossings, “Delvoye is involved in a way of making art that reorients our understanding of how beauty can be created”. Wim Delvoye has a diverse collection of work that reveals his interests in a variety of subjects that range from bodily function and scatology, to the role of art in our current market economy, and a myriad of topics that lie in between. He is a resident of Brighton, UK.

Delvoye believes he is the concept creator. He is attracted to the ideas behind the pieces rather than painting itself. In the years following 1990, artists led by Delvoye have completed the majority of his works. The artist was awarded international recognition through the presentation in the exhibition “Mosaic” at Documenta IX which was a symmetrical exhibit of glazed tiles containing images of his own excrement. The creator of Documenta IX, Jan Hoet declared, “The strength of Wim Delvoye lies in his ability to engineer conflict by combining the fine arts and folk art, and playing seriousness against irony.” Three of his most famous projects include “Cloaca”, “Art Farm” and a set of Gothic pieces.

In 2013, at a show at New York City, Delvoye displayed intricate laser-cut pieces that incorporated the figurative and architectural references using forms like an Mobius band or Rorschach inkblot.

Wim Delvoye Net Worth

Wim Delvoye is one of the richest Artist from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wim Delvoye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Although Delvoye began tattooing skins of pigs that were taken from slaughterhouses across the United States in 1992, the tattoos began on live animals in the year 1997. Delvoye was fascinated by the notion of “the pig would literally grow in value,” in both economically and physically sense. The company was eventually relocated business into the Art Farm in China in 2004. The pigs were tattooed with a wide range of designs, from the simplest, like skulls and crosses, up to Louis Vuitton designs, to patterns dictated by the anatomy of the pig”. When speaking to Paul Laster of ArtAsiaPacific, Paul Laster, Delvoye described the procedure of tattooing live pigs, “we sedate it, shave it and apply Vaseline to its skin”.

Delvoye is also famous as a performer of “gothic” style work. in 2001, the artist with the assistance of a radioologist and radiologist, had a number of his acquaintances paint themselves using small amounts of barium and engage in sexually explicit acts in medical X-ray facilities. He utilized X-ray images to create gothic-themed window frames, instead of traditional stained glass. Delvoye claims that radiography reduces the human body into an instrument. If he wasn’t engaged in the process the researcher was able to observe via a computer monitor in a different room, giving the participants enough space to be able to function normally. Delvoye has described the entire procedure in terms of “very medical, very antiseptic”. Delvoye also designs large laser-cut steel sculptures made of everyday objects in construction (like cement trucks) and customised in the 17th century Flemish Baroque style. These sculptures juxtapose “medieval craftsmanship with Gothic filigree”. Delvoye blends the heavy brutal force of modern machines and the fine craftsmanship that is characteristic of Gothic architecture.

Delvoye is perhaps best known for his digestive machine, Cloaca, which he unveiled at the Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, after eight years of consultation with experts in fields ranging from plumbing to gastroenterology. As a comment on the Belgians’ love of fine dining, Cloaca is a large installation that turns food into feces, allowing Delvoye to explore the digestive process. In his large mechanism, food begins at a long, transparent bowl (mouth), travels through a number of machine-like assembly stations, and ends in hard matter which is separated from liquid through a cylinder. Delvoye collects and sells the realistically smelling output, suspended in small jars of resin at his Ghent studio. When asked about his inspiration, Delvoye stated that everything in modern life is pointless. The most useless object he could create was a machine that serves no purpose at all, besides the reduction of food to waste. Cloaca has appeared in many incarnations including: Cloaca Original, Cloaca – New & Improved, Cloaca Turbo, Cloaca Quattro, Cloaca N° 5, and Personal Cloaca. Delvoye also sold specially printed toilet paper as a souvenir of the exhibit. In 2016, 5 rolls from the 2007 Mudam Luxembourg exhibit were offered for re-sale for US$300 through an online vendor.

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Facts & Trivia

Wim Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Wim Delvoye celebrates birthday on January 14 of every year.

What is Wim Delvoye known for?

Delvoye is perhaps best known for his digestive machine, Cloaca , which he unveiled at the Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, after eight years of consultation with experts in fields ranging from plumbing to gastroenterology.

Where was Wim Delvoye born?

Wervik, Belgium

What kind of artist is Wim Delvoye?

Wim Delvoye is a Belgian Conceptual artist whose controversial projects include tattooing animals with brand logos and creating installations of floor tiles made out of sliced meat.

What materials did Wim Delvoye use?

His ornate, filigreed and laser-cut Cor-ten steel and stainless steel Gothic cathedral trucks displayed expert craftsmanship.

Where is Cloaca at Mona?

Pathologists in Hobart have enlisted a notorious piece of artwork by a Belgian concept artist to help them in the battle against bowel cancer. Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is home to Cloaca Professional — also known as the poo machine.