Wim Delvoye (b. 1965)
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's… Read more
Wim Delvoye (b. 1965)

Gandagas A87785

Details
Wim Delvoye (b. 1965)
Gandagas A87785
signed and dated 'WDelvoye '90.' (on the underside)
enamel on gas canister
56 cm. high
Provenance
Galerie Joost de Clercq, Ghent.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

In the present lot Wim Delvoye has aimed for a clash of elements: the Dutch Delft Blue, normally reserved for delicate earthenware not designed for usage, is now applied to a robust gas canister, which normally only serves as a utensil, but through the Delft Blue has been elevated to an object of beauty. This ironic discrepancy is exemplary for the artist, who is not afraid to merge pigs and tattoos or x-rays of various creatures processed in leaded glass windows.
Delvoye has not only applied the Delft Blue to gas canisters, but also to sawblades, equally useful, though not necessarily pretty objects. Because of the tension between apparent opposites, the works of art by Delvoye are never dull and incite the viewer to question their first thoughts. Identity is never a straightforward entity for Delvoye: 'My gas canisters are 100 gas canisters and 100 Delft earthenware.'

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