Danny Devos (born 20 September 1959), also known as DDV, is a Belgian artist whose work involves body art and

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and a fascination with true crime. 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

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in the USA. In 1981 he founded the artist initiative

Club Moral Club Moral is a Belgian artist collective and noise band formed in 1981 by Danny Devos and Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven based in Antwerp, Belgium. They are known for their controversial performances and imagery. In 2001 "Dylan" briefly joined the ban ...

with

Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (born 5 December, 1951) is a Belgian artist whose work involves painting, drawing, computer art and video art. Biography Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (also known as ''AMVK'') was born in Antwerp and lives in Antwerp and Berl ...

. From 1998 until 2004 he was Social Commissioner and chairman of the NICC, the first association of Visual Artists in

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, 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

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. From 2005 until recently he performed his piece 'Diggin' for Gordon', inspired by

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, at a secret location and can only be seen by the audience through a

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. His most recent works are based on

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text-to-image renderings that are then used to produce

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machined relief objects.

is also a pioneer

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band. Apart from solo sound concerts, he also performs with

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, an improvisational

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band with

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (born 5 December, 1951) is a Belgian artist whose work involves painting, drawing, computer art and video art. Biography Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (also known as ''AMVK'') was born in Antwerp and lives in Antwerp and Berl ...

on electronics,

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on guitar, and

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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) 1991 * The Red Spider of Katowice (Galeria Potocka, Kraków) 1993 * De Wurger / The Strangler (Galerie Annette De Keyser) 1994 * De Vampier van Muizen 1994 * Daders van Dodingen / Perpetrators of Death (Galerie Annette De Keyser) 1996 * Ons Geluk (with

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) 1997 * Speech Regained (Pranakorn Bar & Gallery) 2000 * Thai Boy Slim (Galerie Annette De Keyser) 2000 * A Study for the Happiest Man Alive (Annie Gentils Gallery) 2012 * Picnic at Hanssenspark (De Bond) 2014 * Lily & Rudy (Annie Gentils Gallery) 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) 1992 * Wunschmaschinen (WUK/Wolkersdorf) 1993 * Transfer (Gent/Recklinghausen/Charleroi) 1994 * De Rode Poort (SMAK) 1996 * Beeldberichten (KMSKA) 1996 * Alter Ego (Silpakorn University) 1999 * The Divine Comedy (Fort Asperen) 1999 * Pauvre Nous (Factor 44) 2004 * Dear ICC (MuHKA) 2004 * Voorbij Goed & Kwaad (Museum Dr. Guislain) 2006 * The Moss Gathering Tumbleweed Experience (NICC) 2007 * All That is Solid Melts into Air (De Maakbare Mens) (Stadsvisioenen) 2009 * The State of Things (National Art Museum of Beijing) 2010 * Hidden – Conflict (CIAP) 2013 * Crime in Art (Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków) 2014

References

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