Danny Devos
° 1959
Works in Antwerpen (BE), lives in Antwerpen (BE), born in Vilvoorde (BE).
Danny Devos (°1959) lives in Antwerp but carries out his artistic endeavours the world over. Since 1979 he has carried out 160 performances in over 40 cities across 12 different countries. For nearly 40 years he has acted as performance, sound and “forensic” artist, purposefully making it his objective to remain a critical voice within and opposed to the art scene.
To Danny Devos’s credit as an artist, he has always gone beyond his own research, maintaining an active interest in studies on the actual position of artists in society, independent of the research inspiring his own work. This interest led to the official recognition of artists’ legal social status in 2003. In addition to his independent work as an artist he partners with artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven in the Club Moral noise band, and carries out long-term projects on the artistic legacy of artists such as Gordon Matta-Clark and James Lee Byars.
He begins to combine his bodily performances with industrial noise in the eighties, simultaneously delving into a profound psychological study on the motives and drives of murderers. In 1987 he begins his correspondence with convicted serial killers such as Belgium's Freddy Horion and Michel Bellen along with John Wayne Gacy in the United States. Since embarking on this study he has created objects and installations related to the macabre deeds committed by these killers, photographing himself lying naked at the scene of the crime, or performing - with or without audience - to music both horrid and terrifying. The collection of visual materials and framed letters comprise an artistic whole that always alludes to the sites on which the victims were murdered or the context in which the perpetrators carried out their gruesome deeds.
>Danny Devos, Une Jeune Fille Victime toute une Nuit de Deux Monstres, 1980.Mixed Media, magazine, 2 polaroid pictures, 56 x 44 cm.
>Danny Devos, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Club Moral v.z.w. (Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven & Danny Devos ) - Van drang tot dwang nr. 1 (Claude Yande, Etat Brut, La drôlesse, Trudo Engels, AMVK + DDV) / Van drang tot dwang nr. 2 (Erik Vloeberghs, V-Side, Waving Ondulata, Werner Pans, DDV + AMVK), 1983.Book, ink, paper, 29.7 x 21 cm, language : Dutch, publisher : Club Moral vzw (Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven & Danny Devos), Borgerhout (B).
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>Danny Devos, Birth (+) Fact (x) Death (-) Calendar, 1985-2012.Print, 42 x 29.6 cm .
>Danny Devos, Guillotine, 1987.Installation, wood, metal, rope, 300 x 250 x 60 cm.
>Danny Devos, Danny Devos 'DDV. Birth (+) Fact (x) Death (-) 1987', 1987.Book, ink, paper, 14.5 x 21 cm, language : English, publisher : Danny Devos, Borgerhout (B).
>Danny Devos, Danny Devos 'DDV. Birth (+) Fact (x) Death (-) 1988 UPDATE!', 1988.Book, ink, paper, 14.5 x 21 cm, language : English, publisher : Danny Devos, Borgerhout (B).
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>Danny Devos, Son of San, 1991.Installation, metaal, glas, gloeilampen, schakelaars, 150 x 80 x 120 cm.
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>Danny Devos, Jockel - The Murder of Marion Ketter, 1993-1994.Installation.
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>Danny Devos, Jockel - The Murder of Ilona Harke, 1993-1994.Installation.
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>Danny Devos, Jockel - The Murders of Jutta Rahn, Klara Tesmer and Maria Hettgen, 1993-1994.Installation.
>Danny Devos, Jockel - Bett des Jägers, 1993-1994.Installation, staanlamp en houten bed met getekende landkaart van het ruhrgebied met aanduiding en foto’s van relevante plaatsen in het verhaal van joachim kroll, tekening en kleurfoto’s op gegalvaniseerde plaat, bed: 108x208x48cm; plaat: 100x200cm.
>Danny Devos, Jockel - Bibliografie, 1993.Installation, 400 ingelijste (zwart hout) krantenartikels gekleefd op karton, 31.8 x 23 cm per lijst.
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>Danny Devos, Jockel - Joachim Kroll Serial Card, 1994.Installation.
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>Danny Devos, Jockel - Jockelporträt, 1994.Installation.
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>Danny Devos, Jockel - Jockeltraum, 1994.Installation.
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>Danny Devos, Wurger van de Linkeroever / De Nieuwe Gazet, 1994.Mixed Media, 51 ingelijste microfilmafdrukken; sommige zijn overschilderd, papier, acryl/caseineverf. , elk 44.5 x 32.1 cm.
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>Danny Devos, Wurger van de Linkeroever / Het Laatste Nieuws, 1994.Mixed Media, papier, acryl/caseineverf. 43 ingelijste microfilmafdrukken; sommige zijn overschilderd. , elk 44.5 x 32.1 cm.
>Laetitia Yalon, Nicole van Goethem, Rudi Renson, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK, Danny Devos, Guy Rombouts, Wout Vercammen, Jan van Veen , Jef Lambrecht, 3K-Kelder AK-37, 1994.Photography, paper, emulsion, 10 x 15 cm.
>Danny Devos, Wurger van de Linkeroever / Volksgazet, 1994.Mixed Media, 59 ingelijste microfilmafdrukken; sommige zijn overschilderd., elk 44.5 x 32.1 cm.
>Danny Devos, Wurger van de Linkeroever / Gazet van Antwerpen, 1994.Mixed Media, 41 ingelijste microfilmafdrukken in kader; sommige zijn overschilderd., elk 44.5 x 32.1 cm.
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>Lode Geens, Guy Rombouts, Dennis Tyfus, Kati Heck, Timothy Segers, Philippe Van Wolputte, Danny Devos, Hans Theys, A4 (2) Multiple Magazine, 2008.Multiple, 34 x 23.9 x 3 cm.
>Danny Devos, Danny Devos 'Carruga' 1983-1985.Book, ink, paper, 19.8 x 14.2 cm, language : Dutch, author : Danny Devos, publisher : Danny Devos, Borgerhout.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp. 07 June 2019 - 15 September 2019.
> Exhibition: De Anatomie van Club Moral. 26 April 1985 - 25 May 1985.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Geel – Middle Gate II – The Story of Dymphna. 15 September 2018 - 04 November 2018.
> Exhibition: INBOX: Herinneringen aan Montevideo: De Antwerpse Avant-Garde in de vroeger jaren '80. Deel 2: 1983-1984. 15 July 2016 - 07 August 2016.
> Exhibition: The Eightees – A Decade of Extremes. 17 June 2016 - 18 September 2016.
> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2016 [Acquisitions 2016].
> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2017 [Acquisitions 2017].
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> Ensemble: An Architecture for Art - Guy Rombouts.
> Ensemble: ARCHIEF JEF LAMBRECHT.
> Ensemble: Artist Books.
> Ensemble: ESTATE JEF LAMBRECHT.
> Ensemble: GEWELD | VIOLENCE.
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> Ensemble: kunstenaarsboeken uit de jaren '80 [artists' books from the 80s].
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: Middle Gate.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
> Ensemble: SNC - Saint Nicholas Chapter.