Wim Delvoye’s astonishing art shows what’s lurking in the banal
When Belgian artist Wim Delvoye broke onto the international scene back in the 1990s, he was one of those artists (like Sigmar Polke before him) that critics found difficult to pigeonhole. His works ranged from the ornate to the scatological, and were often both. Two decades on, and now in his late-...
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| description | When Belgian artist Wim Delvoye broke onto the international scene back in the 1990s, he was one of those artists (like Sigmar Polke before him) that critics found difficult to pigeonhole. His works ranged from the ornate to the scatological, and were often both. Two decades on, and now in his late-40s, his work is often placed within the tensions of the “sacred” and the “profane”. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-663042020-02-10T03:19:55Z Wim Delvoye’s astonishing art shows what’s lurking in the banal Messham-Muir, Kit When Belgian artist Wim Delvoye broke onto the international scene back in the 1990s, he was one of those artists (like Sigmar Polke before him) that critics found difficult to pigeonhole. His works ranged from the ornate to the scatological, and were often both. Two decades on, and now in his late-40s, his work is often placed within the tensions of the “sacred” and the “profane”. 2014 Non traditional textual works http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66304 https://theconversation.com/wim-delvoyes-astonishing-art-shows-whats-lurking-in-the-banal-32222 The Conversation Media Group unknown |
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| url | https://theconversation.com/wim-delvoyes-astonishing-art-shows-whats-lurking-in-the-banal-32222 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66304 |