2. FRANCIS ALŸS
Untitled (series for The Modern Procession, June 23, 2002, New York City) 2002
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| "Stockholm" Oil on Gelatin 24,4x16,2 cm (1997) |
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| "Untitled" 25'5x37.8 2002 |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
1959, Amberes, Belgium
Studies:
Between
1978 and 1983: studied architectural history at the Institute of
Architecture, Tournai, Belgium
Between 1983 and 1986: Engineering at the Istituto di
Architettura, Venice (1983–6)
In 1986 he
moved to Mexico: French assistance program after an earthquake to fulfill his
Belgian civil-service requirement
Nowadays…
Lives and works in Mexico DC
Themes:
Society, Inmigration, People
Society, Inmigration, People
.
Techniques:
Alÿs work encompasses many media
often involving the participation and presence of the artist. These performed
events are documented in video (Performance), photographs, writing, painting,
and animation.
Galleries
Alÿs is
represented by David Zwirner in New York and Galerie Peter Kilchmann in Zurich.
Exhibitions:
2015
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires
(MALBA) - Fundación Costantini in Buenos Aires – “A Story of Negotiation”,
featuring the artist's three projects Don't Cross the Bridge Before You Get to
the River, Tornado, and REEL-UNREEL, will be hosted by (on view November , 2015
through February 15, 2016).
2014,
Alÿs's
recent video REEL-UNREEL, which depicts a street game played by local children
in Kabul, Afghanistan, was on view alongside related drawings, paintings, and
research materials at Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina Napoli, Naples.
The exhibition traveled later in the year to the Centre for Contemporary Art
Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw. REEL-UNREEL was produced in 2012 for documenta 13,
where a selection of paintings was installed in a former bakery in Kassel's
city center and the video was screened at a satellite venue in Kabul.
Beirut Art
Center in 2012- He was part of the “Revolution vs Revolution” exhibition that
took place at the
Wiels
(2010–2011)
Tate Modern,
London (2010),
The AiM
Biennale (Arts in Marrakech International Biennale)
The Renaissance
Society, Chicago (2008),
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2007)
Portikus,
Frankfurt, Germany
MALBA, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
MALi, Lima
Kunstmuseum
Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Musée d'Art
Contemporain, Avignon, France (2004)
Centro
nazionale per le arti contemporanee, Rome, Italy [traveled to Kunsthaus Zürich,
Zürich, and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid] (all 2003)
Museum of
Modern Art, New York, NY (2002, 2011)
Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada (1998)
His traveling
show of portraits of the Saint Fabiola has traveled to London, New York,Perú
and LAMCA
Alÿs
participated in the Venice Biennial in 1999, 2001 and 2007, and the Carnegie
International in 2004.
Group
exhibitions:
In his Own words...
“There are certain things you cannot express but
through a painting. Painting enjoys a certain advantage. Some people would
rather look at a painting than a photograph, or give more time to it. That
possibly gives you a stronger contact point with the public. Also, because the
images are figurative, they’re more straightforward. I use painting in a very
traditional way. It’s a very good mental space for me. I think the multiplicity
of media sometimes has kept me from being cornered into one specific audience.
I know that if I would I’d be isolated within a very strict contemporary art
world circle.”
For more Information:
En Español:
http://www.sopitas.com/462101-el-gran-francis-alys-explicado-en-tres-de-sus-obras/
http://museotamayo.org/exposiciones/ver/relato-de-una-negociacion-pintura-y-accion-en-la-obra-de-francis-alys