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Books by Francis Alys
  | | Over Here International Perspectives on Art and Culture (Documentary Sources in Contemporary Art) by Gerardo Mosquera, Jean Fisher, Lisa Phillips, Francis Alys, N.Y. Hardcover, 441 Pages, Published 2005 by The Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-0-262-13440-8, ISBN: 0-262-13440-3 "The new realities of economic globalization have created new conditions for cultural practice. At the same time, the information circuits, designed to promote the generalization of Western culture, have also become increasingly available to other, more marginalized art and cultures, enabling the local (or traditional) to circulate on the global stage. News (and culture) travels fast with the help of technology, displacing Western center ..." |
 | | Walk Ways(1st Edition) by Tom Marioni, Jim Campbell, George Bures Miller, Mowry Baden, Sharon Harper, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Martin Kersels, Curtis Mitchell, Francois Morelli, Douglas Ross, Rudolf Stingel, Janine Antoni, Janet Cardiff, Hamish Fulton, Nancy Spero, Richard Wentworth, Eleanor Antin, Matthew Mccaslin, Stuart Horodner, Francis Alys, Judith Richards Hardcover, 72 Pages, Published 2002 by Independent Curators International, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-916365-65-3, ISBN: 0-916365-65-4 "Walk Ways examines the ways in which a diverse group of artists has explored the theme of walking as an action and a metaphor. From Eleanor Antin, Janine Antoni, Janet Cardiff, and Hamish Fulton to Martin Kersels, Nancy Spero, Richard Wentworth, and others, the artists in Walk Ways consider walking as a purposeful or meandering activity that unites bodily and mental freedom, and "the walk" as a means of commenting on human agency, polit ..." |
 | | Francis Alys(1st Edition) (Phaidon Contemporary Artist Series) by Francis Alys, Contributor-Russell Ferguson, Contributor-Jean Fisher, Contributor-Cuauhtemoc Medina, Contributor-Augusto Monterroso, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Craig Garrett, Michele Robecchi, Augusto Monterr Alys, Vv.Aa., Cauauhtemoc Medina Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2007 by Phaidon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7148-4321-6, ISBN: 0-7148-4321-0 "In 1997 Belgian artist Francis Alys (b. 1959) created a performance work called "The Loop for InSITE", a biennial group exhibition held in Tijuana, Mexico. Addressing the idea of international borders and the contemporary ease/unease of global travel, Alys' contribution was a journey that started in Tijuana and ended in the nearby border town of San Diego - never, however, crossing the Mexico-U.S. border. The artist instead took the lon ..." |
 | | Made In Mexico by Francis Alys, Claudia Fernandez, Andrea Fraser, Thomas Glassford, Erik Gongrich, Terence Gower, Andreas Gursky, Gilbert Vicario, Pamela Echeverria, Pamela Echevarria, Jill Medvedow, Eduardo Abaroa, Greg Vicario, Mona Hatoum, Sharon Lockhart, Teresa Margolles, Yasumasa Morimura, Gabriel Orozco, Damian Ortega, Pedro Reyes, Sebastian Romo, Daniela Rossell, Santiago Sierra, Melanie Smith, Anton Vidokle Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 1899 by Ica Boston ISBN-13: 978-0-910663-66-3, ISBN: 0-910663-66-1 "Everything is made in Mexico, from decorative mirrors to silver jewelry to plastic dolls and ceramic dishware--and contemporary art. Made in Mexico examines recent art produced within and about Mexico. Historically, Mexico has always welcomed artists and writers from abroad as a way of enriching and diversifying the national character. This publication examines the phenomenon from a contemporary perspective for the first time. Made in M ..." |
 | | Biennale Of Sydney 2004 by Carlos Isabel, Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, Francis Alys, Jimmie Durham, Bruce Nauman, Jens Haaning, Nicole Bearman, Biennale Of Sydney Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2004 by Biennale Of Sydney ISBN-13: 978-0-9578023-0-8, ISBN: 0-9578023-0-7 "... Galerie francaise, Piazza Navona, Roma Further Reading Judicael Lavrador, ' Melik Ohanian. Alightningtruckonablueracetrack a Lyon', Les Inrockuptibles, No 378, Paris, 26 February-4 March 2003 Melik Ohanian, 'Kristale Company' monography, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Frac Languedoc Roussillon and HXY ( eds), June 2003 Phillipe Piguet, 'Melik Ohanian, de I'art de I'importage', i'Oe/7, No 544, February, Paris, 2003 Francoise Aline Blain ..." |
 | | Francis Alÿs(1st Edition) Fabiola: An Investigation (Dia Foundation) by Stephen Bann, David Morgan, Lynne Cooke, Martha Buskirk, Susan Laningham, Francis Alys, Dia Art Foundation Hardcover, 289 Pages, Published 2008 by Dia Art Foundation ISBN-13: 978-0-300-13916-7, ISBN: 0-300-13916-0 "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 worknow lostby the 19th-century French artist Jean-Jacques Henner. Alÿs's collection of Fabiola portraits, numbering in the hundreds and painted by ..." |
 | | Transactions(1st Edition) Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art by Stephanie Hanor, San Diego Paperback, 167 Pages, Published 2006 by Museum Of Contemporary Art San ISBN-13: 978-0-934418-66-9, ISBN: 0-934418-66-7 |
 | | Francis Alys The Modern Procession by Tom Eccles, Anne Wehr, Susan Freedman, Harper Montgomery, Francesco Pellizi, Roselee Goldberg, Francis Alys, Fracis. Alys, Frances Alis, Lynne Cooke Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2003 by Public Art Fund ISBN-13: 978-0-9608488-2-9, ISBN: 0-9608488-2-7 "On the morning of Sunday, June 23, 2002, 100 participants gathered at The Museum of Modern Art in midtown Manhattan, along with a 12-person Peruvian brass band, and a horse, dogs, and numerous palanquins, atop which sat replicas of three masterpieces from the museum's collection--Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Duchamp's ready-made Bicycle Wheel, and a Giacometti--and a living representative of contemporary art, Kiki Smith. Three h ..." |
 | | BOULEVARD MAGENTA ISSUE 2. AUTUMN 2009. by Enrique. Juncosa, Rabih Alameddine, Pedro Almodovar, Francis Alys, Martin Assig, John Banville, Gerald Barry, Roberto Bolaño, Cecily Brennan, Trisha Brown, Michel Butor Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2010 by Irish Museum Of Modern Art ISBN-13: 978-1-907020-05-6, ISBN: 1-907020-05-5 "Volume 2 of this arts and literary publication brings together a collection of works ranging across the visual arts, prose, poetry, music, film and architecture, and includes a CD of music by Gerald Barry." |
 | | Transactions Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art by Stephanie Hanor, Vik Muniz, Hugh M. Davies, Francis Alys, Spring Deboer, Miki Garcia, San Diego, Weatherspoon Art Museum Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2006 by Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego ISBN-13: 978-0-934418-65-2, ISBN: 0-934418-65-9 "In a "post-Latin American" age, Latin American art has taken a postmodern tack, mindful of borders and identity politics but not determined by them. Many of the 42 artists featured here, including Francis Als, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Daniel J. Martinez, Alfredo Jaar, Vik Muniz, Damian Ortega and Gabriel Orozco, infuse their work with social commentary from local and global perspectives, exploring and parodying cultural locations and iden ..." |
 | | Francis Alÿs(1st Edition) Seven Walks, London, 2004-5 by David Toop, Francis Alys, Robert Harbison, James Lingwood, England Artangel London, National Portrait Gallery Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 2005 by Artangel ISBN-13: 978-1-902201-18-4, ISBN: 1-902201-18-3 "Over a span of five years, Alÿs walked the streets of London, evolving Seven Walks for Artangel, a project which delved into the everyday rituals and habits of the metropolis. The walks were enacted in different parts of the city – Hyde Park, the City of London, the National Portrait Gallery, the streets close to Regents Park. Three of the walks – Guards, The Nightwatch and Railings – were made with Alÿs’s long-term collaborat ..." |
 | | Subject Plural by Paola Morsiani, Peter Wollen, Beat Streuli, Do-Ho Suh, Grazia Toderi, Zhang Huan, Zhuang Hui, Marti Mayo, Contemporary Arts Museum, Francis Alys, Stephen Andrews, Vanessa Beecroft, Andrea Bowers, Kim Sooja, Nikki S. Lee, Glenn Ligon, Paul Pfeiffer, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Matthew Sontheimer Paperback, 104 Pages, Published 2001 by Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston ISBN-13: 978-0-936080-65-9, ISBN: 0-936080-65-5 "This illustrated book explores the existent imagery of the crowd, looking for a contemporary definition of the social experience. The works include images of crowds, as well as works that happen with a crowd, artists that address groups or that propose images of the crowded places we enjoy nowadays. Subject Plural: Crowds in Contemporary Art is organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum and is curated by Associate Curator Paola Morisani. ..." |
 | | Francis Alys Postcards by Francis Alys Paperback, 26 Pages, Published 2010 by The Museum Of Modern Art, New York ISBN-13: 978-0-87070-799-5, ISBN: 0-87070-799-X "Over the past two decades, Francis Alys (born 1959) has used postcards to record his work and broadcast his ideas. Twenty-six postcards are gathered together in this affordable artist's book, both a collectible object in its own right and a succinct introduction to Alys' career." |
 | | Francis Alys(1st Edition) Postcards by Francis Alys, Mark Godfrey, Herman Lelie Card Book, 30 Pages, Published 2010 by Tate Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-908-5, ISBN: 1-85437-908-9 "Belgian-born artist Francis Alys has over the past two decades used postcards to record his actions and broadcast his ideas. Thirty postcards are gathered together in this artist's book. Published to accompany an exhibition at Tate Modern, 15 June - 5 September 2010 and travelling." |
 | | Sometimes Doing Something Poetic Can Become Political and Sometimes Doing Something Political Can Become Poetic by Francis Alys, Julien Devaux, Philippe Bellaiche, Rachel Leah Jones, David Zwirner Hardcover, 100 Pages, Published 2007 by David Zwirner ISBN-13: 978-0-9769136-7-2, ISBN: 0-9769136-7-4 "SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POETIC CAN BECOME POLITICAL AND SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POLITICAL CAN BECOME POETIC, which includes a film in collaboration with Julien Devaux as well as a map of Alys s journey, photocollages, paintings, drawings, and a group of sculptures, was exhibited in part at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem in 2005. The film, which revisits the artist s 1995 work entitled The Leak, shows Alys carrying a dripping can of ..." |
 | | Animations by Giannalberto Bendazzi, Haluk Akakce, Liam Gillick, Melissa Marks, Jeremy Blake, John Canemaker, Larissa Harris, Karyn Riegel, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Norman Klein, Klaus Biesenbach, David Galbraith, Francis Alys, Alanna Heiss, Pierre Huyghe, Anthony Huberman, Phillippe Parreno, William Kentridge, Jonathan Monk, Jenny Perlin, Simon Henwood, Damian Ortega, Kevin Mccoy, Jennifer Mccoy, Claudia Hart, Oldadele Bamgboye, Karen Yasinksky, Peggy Ahwesh, Alex Ku, Haluk Akakç E., Joseph Kosuth, Klaus Peter Biesenbach, Harald Fricke, Kunst-Werke Berlin Paperback, 191 Pages, Published 2003 by P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center ISBN-13: 978-3-9804265-0-3, ISBN: 3-9804265-0-5 "The verb "to animate" is derived from the Latin anima, meaning "life," and the suffix -ate, meaning "to give." Thus the works in Animations endow unlikely objects with unexpected and uncanny life. During its century-plus history, animation has continually absorbed, hybridized, mutated and melded disciplines and techniques, undergoing both commercial exploitation and artistic exploration. The latter is documented here, focusing on the cr ..." |
 | | Francis Alÿs(1st Edition) The Sign Painting Project 1993-97: A Revision A Catalogue by Theodora : Vischer, Francis Alys, Artist Francis Alys, Juan Garcia, Emilio Rivera, Enrique Huerta Hardcover, 220 Pages, Published 2010 by Steidl & Schaulager, Basel ISBN-13: 978-3-86521-290-0, ISBN: 3-86521-290-5 "The Belgian-born conceptual painter and artistic interventionist Francis Alÿs developed The Sign Painting Project over a period of four years. He began by painting fairly 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. The ..." |
 | | From #5(5th Edition) Witte De With by Anke Bangma, Camiel Van Winkel, Anneke De Boer, Philippine Hoegen, Rob Johannesma, Hermann Pitz, Nasrin Tabatabai, John Baldessari, Oladele Ajiboye Bamgboye, Pierre Bismuth, Antoni Muntadas, Fiona Tan, Eulalia Valldosera, Jeroen Boomgaard, Michel Francois, Contributor-Dirk Snauwaert, Dennis Adams, Francis Alys, Herman Pitz, Etc. Bartomeu Mari, Bob Goedewaagen Paperback, 95 Pages, Published 2002 by Witte De With Publishers ISBN-13: 978-90-73362-55-0, ISBN: 90-73362-55-5 "This is the final From publication after 33 exhibitions, 171 artists, 23 publications, countless special projects, educational programs, debates and performances that form the sum total of Bartomeu Mari's years as Director at the Witte de With The cities of Rotterdam and Porto were joined in 2001 as Cultural Capitals of Europe. From 5 documents two major exhibitions taking place in the last half of 2001 - The People's Art and Squatters ..." |
 | | Jahresring 50 (German Edition) by Ghada Amer, Peter Fischli, Brigitte Oetker, Christiane Schneider, Marjorie Jongbloed, Dr Richard Wright, Olafur Eliasson, Francis Alys, Ellen Gallagher, Isa Genzken, Gerhard Richter, David Weiss, Rosemarie Trockel, Franz West, Fiona Elliot, Wolfgang Tillmans, Hrsg.: Jongbloed Marjorie, Köln Walther König Hardcover, 204 Pages, Published 2004 by Walther Konig, Koln ISBN-13: 978-3-89611-104-3, ISBN: 3-89611-104-3 "A multi-generational selection of 31 artists was invited to contribute work for this 50th anniversary issue of "Jahresring," the Cologne journal of art criticism. After 49 issues dealing in various aspects of art criticism, the editors decided it was time to let art itself take the limelight. Artists such as Fischli and Weiss, Rosemarie Trockel, Richard Artschwager, Diana Thater, On Kawara, Ellen Gallagher, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Gerhar ..." |
 | | Francis Alÿs In a Given Situation (Portuguese Brazilian Edition) by Ton Marar, Francis Alys, Alfonso Reyes, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Cuauhtã Moc Medina, Cuahtemoc Medina Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2011 by Cosac Naify ISBN-13: 978-85-7503-942-7, ISBN: 85-7503-942-3 "In a given situation/Numa dada situação é um projeto desenvolvido pela Cosac Naify em parceria com um dos principais artistas plásticos contemporâneos, o belga Francis Alÿs (Antuérpia, 1959). O livro tem como ponto de partida a obra que o artista apresentará na 29ª edição da Bienal de Arte de São Paulo, o filme Tornado. Nele, Alÿs reúne o resultado de dez anos de filmagens de furacões no sul da Cidade do México, onde vive. O livro é uma ..." |
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