Francis Alys
- The work of Francis Alÿs (b.1959) blurs the boundaries between the artist and the subject- This is the first comprehensive monograph on the artist's diverse body of work- He employs a range of media - including painting, video and other more unorthodox materials - in innovative takes on observation, participation and performance- Alÿs's work stems from his interest in the powers that shape urban existence, as well as the innovative schemes that individuals devise to subvert them- Alÿs invents his own fables, weaving them into the social fabric of such cities as Venice, London and Mexico City, his home for nearly 20 years- Alÿs's work has be…
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Weitere Autoren: Ferguson, Russell / Fisher, Jean
- ISBN: 978-0-7148-4321-6
- EAN: 9780714843216
- Produktnummer: 1736606
- Verlag: Phaidon Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Masse: H28.5 cm x B25.0 cm x D2.0 cm 1'038 g
- Abbildungen: 200
- Gewicht: 1038
Über den Autor
?Interview: Russell Ferguson is Chairman of the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Adjunct Curator at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, where he has organized the exhibitions 'Wolfgang Tillmans' (2006), 'The Undiscovered Country' (2004) and 'Christian Marclay' (2003). Survey: Cuauhtemoc Medina is a writer and curator based in Mexico City. He is researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas at the National University of Mexico, Mexico City, and is Associate Curator, Latin American Art Collections, at Tate Modern, London. He has written on such artists as Santiago Sierra, Brian Jungen and Teresa Margolles, as well as on a number of historical subjects, including the Fluxus movement. He has also written extensively on the work of Francis Alys and has collaborated on several of the artist's most significant projects, including When Faith Moves Mountains (2002). Focus: Jean Fisher has been the editor of the journal Third Text, the anthologies Global Visions: A New Internationalism in the Visual Arts (1994), Reverberations: Tactics of Resistance, Forms of Agency in Trans/cultural Practices (2000) and Over Here: International Perspectives on Art and Culture (2005, with Gerardo Mosquera). She was also the author of a book of essays, Vampire in the Text (2003), on contemporary art and culture. She currently teaches at Middlesex University and the Royal College of Art, London.
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