Contemporary Art Explained: Wim Delvoye
Channel: Dr Tim Gregory: Short Arts
Date: 2021-10-17

Artwork: Wim Delvoye, Cloaca 2000-2007

Themes: Capitalism and Art, Culture Industry, Shock Art

Description: In this video I discuss an artwork which produces shit as a way to think about mass culture. I demonstrate what happens when factory production is applied to culture. I argue that the artwork shows that capitalism changes the value of culture from something that is radical, original and difficult into something that exists to be easily consumed and discarded.

Educational Resource: A list of discussion questions, a studio activity, definition of key terms and artist quotes can be found here:
https://www.timgregoryprojects.com/shortartsseasonone

Short Arts is a free video series written and produced by Dr Tim Gregory, Lecturer in Art at UNSW, Sydney (Eora Nation). Short Arts connects contemporary art to big and radical ideas.