Danny Devos

Danny Devos (born 20 September 1959), also known as DDV, is a Belgian artist whose work involves body art and performance art and a fascination with true crime.

For the American businessman and sports executive, see Dan DeVos.
Danny Devos
Devos: Thriller on 28 March 1979
Born (1959-09-20) 20 September 1959
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Pen nameDDV
OccupationPerformance artist, musician
NationalityBelgian
GenreNoise music, Performance art, installation art, sculpture
SpouseAnne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
Website
www.performan.org

Since 1979 he has done over 160 performances and made several sculptural installations depicting violence, crime and murder. Since 1987 he has been corresponding with serial killers like Freddy Horion and Michel Bellen in Belgium and John Wayne Gacy in the USA.

In 1981 he founded the artist initiative Club Moral with Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven.

From 1998 until 2004 he was Social Commissioner and chairman of the NICC,[1] the first association of Visual Artists in Belgium, where he was in charge of the Social Statute of the Artist.

In 2005 he moved to Beijing in China to develop and manage Art Farm for colleague artist Wim Delvoye.

His latest piece 'Diggin' for Gordon', inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark, is performed at a secret location and can only be seen by the audience through a webcam.

Club Moral is also a pioneer noise music.

Apart from solo sound concerts, he also performs with Bum Collar, an improvisational noise band with Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven on electronics, Mauro Pawlowski on guitar, and Paul Mennes engineering and browntones.

Solo exhibitions
  • In Memory of Ed Gein (Ruimte Morguen) 1987
  • Belgium's Most Bizarre Artist (Ruimte Morguen) 1989
  • De Moorden in Ruimte Morguen (Ruimte Morguen) 1991
  • True Crime Art (Galerie Transit)[2] 1991
  • The Red Spider of Katowice (Galeria Potocka, Kraków) 1993
  • De Wurger / The Strangler (Galerie Annette De Keyser)[3] 1994
  • De Vampier van Muizen 1994
  • Daders van Dodingen / Perpetrators of Death (Galerie Annette De Keyser)[3] 1996
  • Ons Geluk (with Luc Tuymans) 1997
  • Speech Regained (Pranakorn Bar & Gallery)[4] 2000
  • Thai Boy Slim (Galerie Annette De Keyser)[5] 2000
  • A Study for the Happiest Man Alive (Annie Gentils Gallery)[6] 2012
  • Picnic at Hanssenspark (De Bond)[7] 2014
  • Lily & Rudy (Annie Gentils Gallery)[8] 2016

Group exhibitions (selection)
  • Untitled (Ruimte Z) 1979
  • 1980 (ICC) 1980
  • Van Drang tot Dwang (Club Moral) 1983
  • De Dood (K4) 1984
  • Automobiënnale (Middelheim) 1985
  • Antichambres 1986
  • Het Onding Kunst (Stalker) 1988
  • Wahrheit und Dichtung (Galerie Maerz) 1989
  • Prime Time (w139) 1989
  • Woord en Beeld ( MuHKA)[9] 1992
  • Wunschmaschinen (WUK/Wolkersdorf) 1993
  • Transfer (Gent/Recklinghausen/Charleroi) 1994
  • De Rode Poort (SMAK)[10] 1996
  • Beeldberichten (KMSKA) 1996
  • Alter Ego (Silpakorn University) 1999
  • The Divine Comedy (Fort Asperen) 1999
  • Pauvre Nous (Factor 44)[11] 2004
  • Dear ICC (MuHKA)[12] 2004
  • Voorbij Goed & Kwaad (Museum Dr. Guislain)[13] 2006
  • The Moss Gathering Tumbleweed Experience (NICC)[14] 2007
  • All That is Solid Melts into Air (De Maakbare Mens) (Stadsvisioenen)[15] 2009
  • The State of Things (National Art Museum of Beijing) 2010
  • Hidden – Conflict (CIAP) 2013
  • Crime in Art (Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków)[16] 2014

References
  1. "nicc.be". nicc.be. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. "Transit: exhibitions". Transit.be. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  3. Galerie Annette De Keyser. "annettedekeyser.com/". annettedekeyser.com/. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. "Battlefield Bangkok Games and Hobby Shop". Xaap.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  5. Galerie Annette De Keyser. "annettedekeyser.com". annettedekeyser.com. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  6. "Annie Gentils Gallery". Annie Gentils Gallery. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  7. "CCBrugge 13|14 – Danny Devos –". Ccbrugge.be. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  8. "Annie Gentils Gallery". Annie Gentils Gallery. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  9. "M HKA". Muhka.be. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  10. S.M.A.K. (9 November 1996). "S.M.A.K". Smak.be. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  11. "factor44.be". factor44.be. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  12. "M HKA". Muhka.be. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  13. "museumdrguislain.be". museumdrguislain.be. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  14. Archived 24 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  15. http://www.stadsvisioenen.be/en_0/details.asp?recid=233. Retrieved 30 March 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. "Crime in Art". mocak.pl. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

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