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Wim Delvoye Delfina will launch a new series of exhibitions curated
by David Gilmour with the first London solo exhibition for Delvoye will exhibit five large scale wall based pieces, and two sculptural works. The exhibition will feature a life size soccer goal, realistic to a point, except that it is made entirely from Limoges porcelein and finished in a highly decorative style. This sculpture corresponds with Delvoye's consistent use of real objects which exist beyond the context of the art gallery. Delvoye conjures a marriage between the robust, plebeian football goal and the high tradition of Limoges craftsmen. The goal becomes a luxury item, though the grotesque extravagance of the decorative porcelein raises questions of taste when contrasted with the goal's pure, minimal form. Five large computer manipulated photographic images, 2.5 metres x 3.5 metres approx., will line the walls of the gallery. The photographs, taken by the artist himself, feature mountainous landscapes which have been altered on computer and transferred onto canvas using inkjet printing methods. On a cliff face in the distance we can see a message carved into the stone, like so many carvings left for posterity (this art form is deeply rooted in human activity). However, the message left in Delvoye's work, 'Mum, Keys Are You Know Where.', counteracts the carving's monumentality, bringing us back to everyday domestic life and our short term existence. In these, and other new works, Delvoye displays his interest in the boundaries between art, non-art and real life. In this light hearted and witty manner, Delvoye is able to apply his work to those areas of human activity where art is 'almost made'. The works bring us backwards and forwards, from art to tradition to reality. This journey is eased by the seductive qualities of the finished pieces. Catalogue available: Price £10
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