Comments on: Wim Delvoye's Gothic Art

Wim Delvoye's Gothic Art

homunculus — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:20:28 -0800

When Gothic Art and Radiology Collide: The Gothic Work of Wim Delvoye (previously). [Via Medgadget]

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:24:50 -0800

Some links possibly NSFW.

By: DU

DU — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:26:45 -0800

Is it just me or is there an extremely creepy serial murdering psychopath vibe to these? The top two image hits on his name (to find his Wikipedia page) return some possibly-NSFW images.

By: greatgefilte

greatgefilte — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:34:15 -0800

Radiology porn and steampunk-ish construction equipment...Very Boing-Boing.

By: njohnson23

njohnson23 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:41:00 -0800

Hmmm... he probably has someone else design and construct complicated machines that turn "food" into "shit." He puts his name on them, as he's the "artist." Ahhh... what a profound statement! He hides rumpy pumpy in his art. Ooooo.... how transgressive... Wanker....

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:44:39 -0800

They're a bit clumsily executed, to be honest.

By: Heretic

Heretic — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:48:36 -0800

Love the Caterpillars and the Chapelle Luxembourg Mudam. Thanks for the links!

By: DU

DU — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:59:04 -0800

Hmmm... he probably has someone else design and construct complicated machines that turn "food" into "shit." He puts his name on them, as he's the "artist." So wait...the artist responsible for a building is really a carpenter, not an architect?

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:07:00 -0800

'The fusion of science and pornography' (WARNING! Exceptionally unsafe for work)

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:09:54 -0800

I like these and these... Oh and this... just for the 'outrage' factor

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:17:31 -0800

That pig has some decent ink.

By: ornate insect

ornate insect — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:34:29 -0800

I saw his machine that makes shit (called "cloaca") at the New Museum years ago. It was crap. I also remember his tattooed chickens and pigs, etc. He's Belgium's answer to Damien Hirst.

By: njohnson23

njohnson23 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:35:21 -0800

In response to DU, an architect designs the building and the carpenter builds it to this specification. Granted, the carpenter adds her skill and possible artistry into the mix. This guy probably just had an idea - make a machine that makes shit. Somebody else did all the other work. It's like an architect saying, "Let's make a building!" Take a look at The End of Art by Donald Kuspit...

By: signal

signal — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:04:55 -0800

The term "Gothic" is way, way overused. Stretched all thin and meaningless.

By: ornate insect

ornate insect — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:19:24 -0800

In other crappy contemporary art collisions, a giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum said Monday. What's with all the shit?

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:43:55 -0800

I thought his crap work was just that, so I never explored his other work much. But I do like this "Gothic" art of his.