Wim Delvoye

There is a lot to say about Belgian artist Wim Delvoye. His projects are very different yet they have one thing in common: a tremendous sense of humour. In line with the Belgian Surrealist tradition, he puts together influences that would clash in any other situation. See below...

The original glass windows of this chapel were destroyed, and for this exhibition Delvoye filled them with his version of stained glass: x-ray images of couples performing all sorts of sexual activities. Brilliant work. Not only does he play on the similar effect of light going to stained glass as light going through x-ray images, he also manages to use a theme that strictly does not belong in a church. Below is one of the images he used.

Another interesting project are his tattooed pigs. This caused a lot of controversy, animal right activists are very much against the whole thing.

Interesting was his Cloaca, basically a machine that digests food and shits in the end. He made 8 versions of this installation alltogether.

A version of this sculpture stands on the market place in Wervik, a village in Belgium. Delvoye put the deer in a typical human copulation pose.

Other works include carved wood concrete mixers, stained glass filled football goals, S&M birdhouses etc. Here's a few examples...