Delvoye, Wim | Jerk 1, 2000 — available on Composition Gallery

C-print, mounted on aluminium. Signed verso, with title.

Wim Delvoye (Belgium, 1965) is a provocative contemporary artist known for blending craftsmanship with conceptual art. His works, including Cloaca (a machine replicating the human digestive system) and intricately carved tires, challenge traditional notions of beauty, utility, and art. Delvoye’s playful, thought-provoking creations have gained global acclaim.

Wim Delvoye

Jerk 1, 2000

Name: Jerk 1, 2000
SKU: 2186

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Photography

PhotographyPhotography is the process of creating an image on light sensitive materials. The image is produced by using a camera, which has a lens that focuses on light either reflected or emitted from an object. These visible wavelengths are used to reproduce the image seen.

Medium

C-print

C-printA C-type print, also known as a chromogenic print, is a photographic print made from a color negative or slide. The print is created on chromogenic paper, which contains three emulsion layers, each sensitized to a different primary color. After exposure, the paper is processed in a series of chemical baths, where each layer reacts to the chemicals to produce the final image. C-type prints are known for their rich color depth and are widely used in fine art and commercial photography.

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Edition of 6pc

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For me, art is useless and anything useless is art.
- Wim Delvoye

Wim Delvoye (b. 1965 Belgium) is a Belgian contemporary artist known for his provocative and often controversial works that blend conceptual art with intricate craftsmanship. Delvoye's art spans a wide range of media, including sculpture, installation, and tattooing, and frequently explores themes of religion, consumerism, and the human body. He is perhaps best known for his Cloaca series, a mechanical reproduction of the human digestive system that produces actual excrement, challenging the boundaries between art and science, as well as high and low culture. Delvoye also gained attention for his tattooed pigs, which combine traditional tattoo imagery with living, breathing animals, creating a complex dialogue about ethics, aesthetics, and commodification. His work, characterized by a mix of humor, irony, and technical brilliance, has established Delvoye as a leading figure in contemporary art, pushing the limits of what art can be. (Artist website)

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Wim Delvoye

Cloaca, 2002

Sculpture / Object

Mixed Media

Make Your Offer

Wim Delvoye

Cloaca x rayed B/W, 2003

Photography

C-Print

EUR 14,500

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Kitsch is a term used to describe cheap, commercial, sentimental, or vulgar art and objects commonly associated with popular culture. The word is borrowed from German, where it originally means trash. Since the 1920s, kitsch has been used to denote the opposite of high art, often implying that the work lacks sophistication or artistic merit.

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