with the help of a radiologist, had several of his friends paint themselves with small amounts of barium, and perform explicit sexual acts in medical X-ray clinics. He then used the X-ray scans to fill gothic window frames instead of classic stained glass. Delvoye suggests that radiography reduces the body to a machine. When he was not an active participant, Delvoye observed from a computer screen in another room, allowing the subjects enough distance to perform normally, although Delvoye has described the whole operation as "very medical, very antiseptic". Delvoye also creates oversized laser-cut steel sculptures of objects typically found in construction (like a cement truck), customized in seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque style. These structures juxtapose "medieval craftsmanship with Gothic filigree". Delvoye brings together the heavy, brute force of contemporary machinery and the delicate craftsmanship associated with Gothic architecture. In a 2013 show in New York City, Delvoye showed intricate laser-cut works combining architectural and figurative references with shapes such as a Möbius band or a Rorschach inkblot. See also Digesting Duck Useless machine Artistic scandal References External links Wim Delvoye's website Wim Delvoye at Sperone Westwater, New York Wim Delvoye at ARNDT Berlin Wim Delvoye at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami & Paris Wim Delvoye on the Time Europe website (2003) We Make Money Not Art, "Wim Delvoye: Cloaca 2000-2007" Wim Delvoye on Artnet "Cloaca" exhibition in the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (2002) "Cloaca" - An Interview with Josefina Ayerza Interview with Fabian Stech special interview about the Discobolos in Roubaix city (french language) norwegian news story about Delvoyes move to China (norwegian language) Wim Delvoye at the Future Pass exhibition in Venice 2011 Artist's page at Gary Tatintsian Gallery website 1965 births Living people People from Wervik Belgian contemporary artists Conceptual artists Animal cruelty incidents Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) alumni Recycled art artists