ROLAND DELCOL

The author of Delcol`s 2005 monograph “Roland Delcol: Ou l'objet de désir et de métaphore”, author A. H. Murken, declared the artist one of the most original and remarkable representatives of hyperrealism and today`s postmodern pluralism. 

Delcol was born in Brussels. His formal education encompasses a wide range from studying business at the University of Brussels; to obtain a well-rounded art education at the Ministry of Culture, the Academy of Fine Arts at Saint-Gilles-lez-Brussels, Il Trifoglio in Milan, the Atelier Jobin in Paris.
Since 1969 he has held numerous personal exhibits in Belgium and France, Italy and Israel, Germany, Estonia and the USA. Delcol`s works have been exhibited together with many great contemporary artists including Calder, Botero, Hockney, Miro, Magritte, Delvaux and others. 
Delcol`s works lack names. Each of them carries the title “Sans paroles”. The author himself explains this by referencing 20th century silent films, where we see all the action but must think up the explanations and connections on our own. “The viewer must create his own title for each work!” he explains. His works are also undated; he feels their date of completion is irrelevant. “Everything is contained in everything else, everything depends on everything else, the series of cause and effect is endless – but it contains stops and diversions,”, says Delcol, expounding on the metaphysics of his work. “the first and most noticeable things are never the last or most definitive. My works lack references to time.” Sans paroles, sans temps