Wim Delvoye

Sperone Westwater, New York

Marble Floors. Known for his exceptional transformations of images and objects using processes typically associated with the applied arts (i.e. wood-carving, stained glass, tattoo), Delvoye in his Marble Floors has photographed charcuterie - precision cut salami, chorizo, mortadella and ham, arranged in geometric patterns based on Italian Baroque and Islamic motifs.

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Marble Floors

Sperone Westwater is pleased to announce an exhibition of Wim Delvoyes Marble Floor works (1999). Known for his exceptional transformations of images and objects using processes typically associated with the applied arts (i.e. wood-carving, stained glass, tattoo), Delvoye in his Marble Floors has photographed charcuterie-- precision cut salami, chorizo, mortadella and ham, arranged in geometric patterns based on Italian Baroque and Islamic motifs. The visceral and sometimes unsettling effect this body of work can have on a viewer is balanced by the perfect order and rhythmic harmony of these familiar Baroque and Islamic patterns.

Wim Delvoye was born in Belgium in 1965 and lives and works in both Ghent and New York. The artist has gained international recognition through his participation in major exhibitions including the Venice Biennale in 1990, Documenta IX in 1992 and again, the Venice Biennale in 1999.

This exhibition will run concurrently with Wim Delvoye: Cloaca, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, 25 January 28 April 2002.
A publication accompanies the exhibition in which the Marble Floors are illustrated.

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