28-514: WIM may refer to: Wim , a personal name World Islamic Mission an international Islamic organization Woman International Master , a chess title Weigh in motion , a system for collecting vehicle weights while in motion. WAP Identity Module , an identification protocol defined in the Wireless Application Protocol standard Wimbledon station , UK Windows Imaging Format ,
56-563: A Cloaca machine to a museum as he could never trust that the curator would maintain the installation properly. However, after two years of discussion with David Walsh , Delvoye agreed to construct a custom Cloaca built specifically for the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart , Tasmania . The new installation is suspended from the museum ceiling in a room custom-built for it. Though Delvoye started tattooing pig skins taken from slaughterhouses in
84-492: A cement truck ), customized in seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque style. These structures juxtapose "medieval craftsmanship with Gothic filigree". Delvoye brings together the heavy, brute force of contemporary machinery and the delicate craftsmanship associated with Gothic architecture. In a 2013 show in New York City, Delvoye showed intricate laser-cut works combining architectural and figurative references with shapes such as
112-596: A file-based disk image format Woe, Is Me , a 7-member rock band from Atlanta See also [ edit ] WIMS (disambiguation) Whim (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title WIM . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WIM&oldid=1059031694 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
140-419: 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
168-483: A single statue as well as of people kneeling in front of painted and carved altarpieces… Although I was barely aware of the ideas lurking behind these types of images, I soon understood that paintings and sculptures were of great importance". Growing up, Delvoye attended exhibitions with his parents, and his love of drawing eventually led him to art school, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) . Delvoye has said that
196-1615: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wim This article is about the name. For other uses of "WIM", see WIM (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] Look up Wim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wim is a Dutch masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and may refer to: Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician Wim Arras (born 1964), Flemish Belgian cyclist Wim Blockmans (born 1945), Flemish Belgian Professor of Medieval History at Leiden University Wim Boost (1918–2005), Dutch cartoonist Wim Boissevain (1927–2023), Australian painter of Dutch descent Wim Botha (born 1974), South African contemporary artist Wim Cohen (1923–2000), Dutch mathematician Wim Cool (born 1943), Dutch politician Wim Crouwel (1928–2019), Dutch graphic designer and typographer Wim Crusio (born 1954), Dutch behavioral neurogeneticist Wim De Coninck (born 1959), retired Flemish Belgian footballer Wim De Decker (born 1982), Flemish Belgian football player Wim De Vocht (born 1982), Flemish Belgian professional road bicycle racer Wim Deetman (born 1945), Dutch politician and statesman Wim Delvoye (born 1965), Flemish Belgian conceptual artist Wim Duisenberg (1935–2005), Dutch banker and politician Wim Ebbinkhuijsen (born 1939), retired Dutch computer scientist Wim Eijk (born 1953), Dutch prelate of
224-566: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Wim Delvoye Wim Delvoye (born 1965 in Wervik , West Flanders ) is a Belgian neo-conceptual artist widely recognized for combining in his inventive and often shocking projects philosophical ideas, innovative use of materials, and a passion for craftsmanship. He blurs the boundaries between traditional art and the digital realm of contemporary artistic practices, creating aerodynamic, mathematically precise, and intricate sculptures that take
252-530: 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
280-933: The Netherlands from 1945 to 1946 Wim Schröder (born 1971), Dutch show jumping equestrian Wim Schokking (1900–1960), Dutch politician, Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Wim Schuhmacher (1894–1986), Dutch painter and designer Wim Slijkhuis (1923–2003), Dutch track and field runner Wim Sonneveld (1917–1974), Dutch cabaret artist and singer Wim Soutaer (born 1974), Flemish Belgian singer Wim Stroetinga (born 1985), Dutch professional racing cyclist Wim Suurbier (1945–2020), Dutch football player Wim Taymans (born 1972), Flemish Belgian software developer Wim Thoelke (1927–1995), German TV host Wim Thomassen (1909–2001), Dutch politician Wim Turkenburg (born 1947), Dutch academic Wim Udenhout (1937–2023), Surinamese Prime Minister in
308-623: The Netherlands from 1994 to 2002 Wim Kolijn (1944–2015), Dutch politician Wim Kortenoeven (born 1955), Dutch politician, author and journalist Wim Mertens (born 1953), Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist Wim Meutstege (born 1952), former Dutch football player Wim Mook (1932–2016), Dutch isotope physicist Wim Rijsbergen (born 1952), Dutch football manager Wim Ruska (1940–2015), Dutch judoka Wim T. Schippers (born 1942), Dutch artist, comedian and voice actor Wim Schermerhorn (1894–1977), Dutch politician, Prime Minister of
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#1732855255138336-980: The Roman Catholic Church Wim Eyckmans (born 1973), Flemish Belgian race car driver Wim Feyaerts (21st century), Flemish Belgian television director Wim Fissette (born 1980), Flemish Belgian tennis coach and former player Wim Gijsen (1933–1990), Dutch science fiction and fantasy writer Wim Henderickx (born 1962), Flemish Belgian classical music composer Wim Hermsen (born 1947), Dutch former water polo player Wim Hesterman (1897–1971), Dutch boxer Wim Hof (born 1959), Dutch adventurer and daredevil Wim Jansen (1946–2022), former Dutch football player and manager Wim Jonk (born 1966), retired Dutch football player Wim Kan (1911–1983), Dutch cabaret artist Wim Kieft (born 1962), retired Dutch footballer Wim Koevermans (born 1960), former Dutch football central defender Wim Kok (1938–2018), Dutch politician, Prime Minister of
364-514: The United States in 1992, he began to tattoo live pigs in 1997. Delvoye was interested in the idea that "the pig would literally grow in value," both in a physical and economic sense. He ultimately moved the operation to an Art Farm in China in 2004. The pigs have been inked with a diverse array of designs, including the trivial, such as skulls and crosses, to Louis Vuitton designs, to designs dictated by
392-546: The X-ray scans to fill gothic window frames instead of classic stained glass . Delvoye suggests that radiography reduces the body to a machine. When he was not an active participant, Delvoye observed from a computer screen in another room, allowing the subjects enough distance to perform normally, although Delvoye has described the whole operation as "very medical, very antiseptic". Delvoye also creates oversized laser-cut steel sculptures of objects typically found in construction (like
420-429: The art and design to new levels of invention, while offering a perceptive and playful commentary on contemporary society. As the critic 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 an eclectic oeuvre, exposing his interest in a range of themes, from bodily function, and scatology to
448-401: The artist raises thought-provoking questions about the commercial value of brands and challenges the conventional expectations of consumer society. As of the 2000s Delvoye radicalized the critical function of art, exploring the boundaries of commodity art, setting up his Cloaca-project. The machine that simulates the human digestive system, from the process of feeding with various mix of food to
476-580: The fine arts and folk art, and playing seriousness against irony". In the 1990s, Delvoye embarked on a daring experiment with tattoo art, specifically by tattooing the skin of pigs. He exhibited live pigs and dried skins of pigs, both covered in tattoos drawn from the domain of bikers and punk rockers: skulls, daggers, snakes, hearts, and Harley Davidson logos. In 2004, he extended this medium by exhibiting stuffed pigs and by expanding his tattoo vernacular to include Louis Vuitton patterns and images of Disney princesses. By adorning pigskin with these iconic images,
504-605: The function of art in the current market economy, and numerous subjects in between. He lives and works in Ghent (Belgium). Delvoye was raised in Wervik , a small town in West Flanders, Belgium. He did not have a religious upbringing but has been influenced by the Roman Catholic architecture that surrounded him. In a conversation with Michaël Amy of The New York Times , Delvoye stated, "I have vivid memories of crowds marching behind
532-497: The late 80s, Delvoye applied Dutch ornamental traditions (i.e. Delft china patterns and coats of arms) to mundane objects like shovels, gas cylinders, and ironing boards. In 1992, Delvoye received international recognition with the presentation of his Mosaic at Documenta IX, a symmetrical display of glazed tiles featuring photographs of his own excrement. The organizer of Documenta IX, Jan Hoet claimed, "The strength of Wim Delvoye lies in his ability to engineer conflict by combining
560-1566: The mid-1980s Wim van de Schilde (born 1948), former Dutch water polo player Wim van den Goorbergh (born 1948), Dutch economist and banker Wim van der Kroft (1916–2001), Dutch canoer Wim van der Veen , Dutch ten-pin bowler Wim van der Voort (1923–2016), Dutch speed skater Wim van Eekelen (born 1931), Dutch politician, former Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Wim van Es (born 1934), Dutch archaeologist Wim van Est (1923–2003), Dutch cyclist Wim Van Grembergen (born 1947), Flemish Belgian organizational theorist and professor Wim van Heel (1922–1972), Dutch field hockey player Wim van Heumen (1928–1992), Dutch field hockey coach Wim Van Huffel (born 1979), Belgian professional road bicycle racer Wim van Hulst (1939–2018), Dutch economist and professor Wim van Norden (1917–2015), Dutch journalist Wim van Spingelen (born 1938), former Dutch water polo player Wim van Til (born 1953), retired Dutch footballer Wim Vansevenant (born 1971), Flemish Belgian professional road bicycle racer Wim Vriend (1941–2021), former Dutch water polo player Wim Wenders (born 1945), German film director, playwright, photographer and producer Wim Zaal (1935–2021), Dutch journalist, essayist, translator and literary critic See also [ edit ] Javon Wims (born 1994), American football player Whim (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
588-426: The modern economy. Its feeding is a demonstrative waste of product that reflects the commercialized mass market loaded with an added value. As an artwork that creates new artwork, it paradoxically gains a new added commercial value that unveils the possibility for endless market manipulation. With the body of Gothic works that evolved since the early 2000s Delvoye walks a thin line between exploring artistic styles of
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#1732855255138616-419: The past and monumentality – by highlighting the medieval Gothic, interpreting it with contemporary themes and industrial techniques, he is aiming to create a new form of contemporary architecture. The works made of a laser cut corten steel plates reproduce neo-Gothic tracery. The ornaments on the works are not so much used as decorative quotations but as patterns of value and permanence in the modern era. Delvoye
644-478: The pessimistic expectations for Belgian art students freed him, essentially making him realize that he "had nothing to lose". Shortly thereafter, Delvoye began painting over wallpaper and carpets, coloring in the existing patterns and defying the tendency towards free expression vibrant in the art world at the time. Delvoye’s artistic exploration encompasses various aspects of art history, drawing inspiration both from Gothic cathedrals and 19th-century sculptures and
672-462: The pig's anatomy". In an interview with ArtAsiaPacific 's Paul Laster, Delvoye described the process of tattooing a live pig, "we sedate it, shave it and apply Vaseline to its skin". Delvoye is additionally well known for his “ gothic ” style work. In 2001, Delvoye, with the help of a radiologist , had several of his friends paint themselves with small amounts of barium , and perform explicit sexual acts in medical X-ray clinics. He then used
700-507: The production of the realistic wastes, Cloaca is based on real scientific and technical expertise. It is composed of successive receptacles containing acids, digestive juices, bacteria and enzymes, maintained at a temperature of 37.2°C. Marked by a logo that appears to be a mocking cross between the Mr.Clean and the Coca-Cola logo, Cloaca acts not as a metaphor, but as a concretization of the mechanisms of
728-428: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wim&oldid=1219543176 " Categories : Given names Dutch masculine given names Masculine given names Hypocorisms Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
756-492: The works by Bosch , Brueghel , and Warhol . Simultaneously, he unveils the beauty in everyday objects. Employing a baroque approach that oscillates between homage and irreverence, Delvoye appropriates and distorts motifs that captivate his imagination. Delvoye considers himself an originator of concepts—he is attracted initially to the theory behind pieces, instead of the act of creating art itself. After 1990, specialists directed by Delvoye have executed most of his work. In
784-514: 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. Previously, Delvoye claimed that he would never sell
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