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Francis Alÿs
Belgian / Mexican • b. 1959
Biography
Born in Belgium, Francis Alÿs traveled to Mexico in 1986 as part of a French program to assist in the aftermath of the tragic 1985 earthquake, and has lived there ever since. Throughout his career, the artist has analyzed facets of everyday urban life using a variety of media including video, drawing, installation and public action. Sign Painting Project (1993-'97) is a prime example of the artist's interest in the sprawling urbanization of Mexico City. In this early series, Alÿs drew inspiration from professional Mexican sign painters (rotúlistas) who painted large billboard advertisements throughout the city. In response to these large colorful compositions, Alÿs employed a similar style in creating small-scale paintings of familiar objects and places. Alÿs asked various rotúlistas to copy and enlarge his paintings, displaying his work and that of the rotúlista side-by-side. This series, like many of Alÿs' other works, illustrates the artist's concerns with such themes as collaboration, banality and originality.
Insights
Alÿs participated in the Venice Biennale in 1999, 2001 and 2007, and the Carnegie International in 2004.
Alÿs is represented by David Zwirner in New York and Galerie Peter Kilchmann in Zurich.
In 2011, Alÿs had a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art New York.
"The contexts I interact with are very charged politically...what I try to do is introduce some poetic distance...so we can see them from the outside."
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
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Past Lots
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Francis Alÿs
Two works: (i) Untitled; (ii) Set Theory
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $11,430
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Francis Alÿs
The Nightwatch
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £20,320
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Installation of two works, in collaboration with Emilio Rivera)
Estimate £150,000 - 200,000
Sold for £239,400
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Francis Alÿs
Miss Amazonia, Miss Costa Rica, Miss Ecuador, Miss Lacandona, Miss Sumatra
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
Sold for $87,500
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
Sold for £125,000
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Francis Alÿs
Camgun (gun number 52)
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $15,000
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Francis Alÿs
24 works: Sunpath, Mexico City i) 06.11.98 11.05am; ii) 06.11.98 11.15am; iii) 14.12.98 11.05am; iv) 14.12.98 12.15pm; v) 24.03.99 4.00pm; vi) 24.03.99 4.20pm; vii) 24.03.99 17.00pm; viii) 21.04.99 11.45am; ix) 21.04.99 12.00pm; x) 21.04.99 2.45pm; xi) 27.04.99 6.13pm; xii) 27.04.99 6.15pm; xiii) 20.05.99 2.15pm; xiv) 20.05.99 2.30pm; xv) 20.05.99 3.05pm; xvi) 20.05.99 15.30pm; xvii) 20.05.99 4.15pm; xviii) 20.05.99 4.30pm; xix) 20.05.99 4.45 pm; xx) 20.05.99 4.45 pm; xxi) 20.05.99 5.45pm; xxii)
Estimate £70,000 - 100,000
Sold for £75,000
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Study for Linchados / Lynching)
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $35,000
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Francis Alÿs
Lovers
Estimate $15,000 - 20,000
Sold for $23,750
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Francis Alÿs
Cityscapes - (con sabana), (Triptych: Francis - Juan Garcia - Emilio Rivera)
Estimate £120,000 - 180,000
Sold for £149,000
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Francis Alÿs
Study for the 2 Sisters
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,000
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Francis Alÿs
Study for el Barco Blanco
Estimate $18,000 - 25,000
Sold for $20,000
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate $60,000 - 80,000
Sold for $65,000
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Francis Alÿs
Emilio Rivera
Estimate $150,000 - 250,000
Sold for $161,000
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Before the Prophet)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $17,500
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Before the Prophet)
Estimate $8,000 - 12,000
Sold for $30,000
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate $20,000 - 30,000
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Francis Alÿs
Four Works: i) Sunpath, Mexico City 20.05.99. 4.45pm; ii) Sunpath, Mexico City 27.04.99. 6.15pm; iii) Sunpath, Mexico City 14.12.98. 11.05am; iv) Sunpath, Mexico City 14.12.98. 12.15pm
Estimate $25,000 - 35,000
Sold for $30,000
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
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Francis Alÿs
Balderas
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
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Francis Alÿs
Six works: Studies for Song for Lupita (from Le Temps du Sommeil)
Estimate $30,000 - 50,000
Sold for $35,000
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Francis Alÿs
Sin título (Paisaje con plástico y burro)
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
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Francis Alÿs
Untitled
Estimate $50,000 - 70,000
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