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The Belgian-born conceptual painter and artistic interventionist Francis Alys developed The Sign Painting Project over a period of four years. He began by painting small canvases depicting people and objects in the flat, brightly-colored manner of billboard advertisements. The artist, who currently lives in Mexico, then asked local sign-painters Juan Garcia, Enrique(...)
Francis Alÿs: The sign painting project
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The Belgian-born conceptual painter and artistic interventionist Francis Alys developed The Sign Painting Project over a period of four years. He began by painting small canvases depicting people and objects in the flat, brightly-colored manner of billboard advertisements. The artist, who currently lives in Mexico, then asked local sign-painters Juan Garcia, Enrique Huerta and Emilio Rivera to copy and enlarge his paintings.
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Foreword by Ann Philbin. Edited and with text by Russell Ferguson. The Politics of Rehearsal accompanies the first large-scale American museum exhibit on Francis Alys, one of the most acclaimed artists working today. The centerpiece of the book is Alys' Rehearsal (Ensayo) series, but a number of related earlier works are included. "Ensayo 1, 1999-2000" shows a red(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
February 2008, Los Angeles
Francis Alys. The politics of rehearsal
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Foreword by Ann Philbin. Edited and with text by Russell Ferguson. The Politics of Rehearsal accompanies the first large-scale American museum exhibit on Francis Alys, one of the most acclaimed artists working today. The centerpiece of the book is Alys' Rehearsal (Ensayo) series, but a number of related earlier works are included. "Ensayo 1, 1999-2000" shows a red Volkswagen Beetle attempting to ascend a steep hill in Tijuana: its attempts are synchronized with the sound track of Mexican danzon musicians rehearsing. "Ensayo 2, 2005" follows the rehearsal of a dancer practicing a striptease, and "Ensayo 3" will be produced by Alys specifically for the exhibition. Other works include "When Faith Moves Mountains" and "Song for Lupita," as well as many paintings, photographs and drawings. This significant new publication contains a DVD and an in-depth exploration of Alys's oeuvre by Russell Ferguson, organizer of the exhibition, focusing on the theme of rehearsal, which is so characteristic of Alys' work.
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Francis Alÿs Fabiola
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Mexico City–based artist Francis Alÿs (b. 1959) has assembled a group of paintings depicting Saint Fabiola, a 4th-century saint who gave up all earthly possessions and devoted herself to the practice of Christian asceticism. All of the pictures in the collection are based on an original work—now lost—by the 19th-century French artist Jean-Jacques Henner. Alÿs's collection(...)
Contemporary Art Monographs
March 2008, New York, New Haven, London
Francis Alÿs Fabiola
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Mexico City–based artist Francis Alÿs (b. 1959) has assembled a group of paintings depicting Saint Fabiola, a 4th-century saint who gave up all earthly possessions and devoted herself to the practice of Christian asceticism. All of the pictures in the collection are based on an original work—now lost—by the 19th-century French artist Jean-Jacques Henner. Alÿs's collection of Fabiola portraits, numbering in the hundreds and painted by amateurs and professionals alike, is the focus of this intriguing book. Not only does it examine the artist’s exploration of collecting practices, but the publication also offers an unusual window into aesthetic, sociological, and anthropological values of the past century. In addition to cataloguing each of the Fabiola works, the book includes Saint Jerome’s eulogy for Fabiola (the primary source for Fabiola’s biography), followed by an interpretive text on evolving hagiographies and saints’ vitae, an analysis of the role of iconographic imagery in the practice of Catholicism, and art historical essays that focus on Alÿs’s practice.
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Francis Alÿs
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Publiée à l'occasion de l'exposition de Francis Alÿs au Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne en 2021, cette monographie s'articule autour de quelques motifs essentiels qui caractérisent la pratique de l'artiste d'origine belge basé au Mexique : sa pratique vidéo depuis trente ans ; l'importance de la déambulation et de la marche pour sa méthode artistique ; son(...)
Francis Alÿs
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Publiée à l'occasion de l'exposition de Francis Alÿs au Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne en 2021, cette monographie s'articule autour de quelques motifs essentiels qui caractérisent la pratique de l'artiste d'origine belge basé au Mexique : sa pratique vidéo depuis trente ans ; l'importance de la déambulation et de la marche pour sa méthode artistique ; son intérêt pour les jeux d'enfants qu'il filme dans différents pays depuis 1999. De la déambulation urbaine à l'exploration des territoires et de leurs frontières documentée par des images en mouvement, le travail d'Alÿs propose une poétique de l'espace à travers des récits brefs dont la finesse et la justesse expliquent sa renommée. Si son travail interroge le lien entre acte artistique et intervention politique, l'artiste travaille toujours par allusions, avec une précision et une économie de moyens remarquables, préférant la polysémie poétique au commentaire politique frontal, privilégiant la fusion d'espaces imaginaires planifiés avec ses propres espaces fictionnels. La publication documente également Reel-Unreel, l'un des projets majeurs d'Alÿs réalisé en Afghanistan, comprenant des jeux pour enfants et des boucles d'animation dessinées à la main ainsi que des peintures et des œuvres graphiques.
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