Wim Delvoye
Le Secret, 2011
Patinated bronze
H 78 3/4 x 30 1/4 in
Photo: JC Lett
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Wim Delvoye is a Belgian visual artist who, through his creations, often critiques the absurdity of contemporary society in a provocative fashion. Known especially for his installation Cloaca and his...
Wim Delvoye is a Belgian visual artist who, through his creations, often critiques the absurdity of contemporary society in a provocative fashion. Known especially for his installation Cloaca and his tattooed pigs, Delvoye questions the value of art, playing with its image and that of the artist. Le Secret is part of a series entitled "Twisted", in which he transforms the spectator’s gaze on certain classical works, mainly 19th century baroque sculptures. Here, starting from a piece of work by Auguste Moreau, he uses the technique of 3D scanning to appropriate the original artwork, to twist it (clockwise or anti-clockwise), and to render it from a new angle.