Francis Alÿs
Children's Games, Various locations, 1999–Present
Installation view at Copenhagen Contemporary, 2022
Sandlines, the Story of History, Iraq, 2018–2020
Single channel film, 61 min
Made in collaboration with Julien Devaux, Ivan Boccara, and the Ruya Foundation
Exodus, 2014-2018
Graphite on paper in eight hundred and fifty (850) parts and single channel video, 17 min 8 sec
Installation view at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2018
Color Matching, Mosul, Iraq, 2016
Video documentation of an action, 4 min 56 sec
Bartella Iraq, Oct 2016
Oil and graphite on linen
Diptych Each: 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (14.4 x 18.9 cm)
Cut, 1992-2015
Oil and encaustic on panel
16 x 19 5/8 x 7/8 inches (40.6 x 49.8 x 2.2 cm)
The Silence of Ani, Turkish-Armenian Border, 2015
Video documentation of an action, 13 min 21 sec
In collaboration with Antonio Fernández Ros, Julien Devaux, Félix Blume, and the teens of Kars
Lada Kopeika Project, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014
Video documentation of an action, 9 min
In collaboration with Frédéric De Smedt, Constantin Felker, and Julien Devaux
Paradox of Praxis 5: Sometimes we dream as we live & sometimes we live as we dream, Ciudad Juárez, México, 2013
Video documentation of an action, 7 min 49 sec
In collaboration with Julien Devaux, Rafael Ortega, Alejandro Morales, and Félix Blume
Linchados, 2010
Oil on canvas on wood
5 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 7/8 inches (13.5 x 18 x 2 cm)
REEL-UNREEL, 2011
Video documentation of an action, 19 min 28 sec
In collaboration with Julien Devaux and Ajmal Maiwandi
Untitled (color bar), 2011-2012
Oil and collage on canvas on wood
5 3/8 x 7 x 5/8 inches (13.5 x 17.7 x 1.5 cm)
Afghan Night 3, 2013
8 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (21.3 x 16 cm)
Watercolor, Trabzon, Turkey-Aqaba, Jordan, 2010
Video documentation of an action, 1 min 19 sec (loop)
Tornado, Mexico City (Milpa Alta), Mexico, 2000-2010
Video documentation of an action, 39 min
In collaboration with Julien Devaux Installation view at the Tate Modern, 2000-2010
Edition of 4, 2 AP
Installation of Camguns at Museo Tamayo
The Gibraltar Projects: Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River, 2005-2009
Installation of fourteen (14) paintings, sixty-four (64) shoe boats, one (1) mirror, fifty-four (54) works on paper (studies), twenty-three (23) works on paper (geography series), five (5) wooden sculptures, three (3) videos, one (1) map, vinyl prints, and newspaper clippings
Overall dimensions variable
Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River, Strait of Gibraltar, Morocco-Spain, 2008
Video documentation of an action, 7 min 46 sec
In collaboration with Rafael Ortega, Julien Devaux, Felix Blume, Ivan Boccara, Abbas Benhim, Fundación Montenmedio Arte, and the kids of Tangier and Tarifa
Untitled (Study for 'Don't Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River'), 2006-2008
Oil and encaustic on canvas on panel
Diptych, overall: 11 x 7 1/4 inches (27.9 x 18.4 cm)
7 x 9 inches (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
Fabiola, Various dates
Paintings, ephemera, and mixed media
Overall dimensions variable Installation view at the Menil Collection, 2016-2018
Bolero (Shoe Shine Blues), 1996-2007
Installation composed of videos, drawings, and sculpture
Installation view at the 52nd Venice Biennale
The Green Line, Jesusalem, Israel, 2004
Video documentation of an action, 17 min 41 sec
When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002
Video documentation of an action, 36 min
In collaboration with Cuauhtémoc Medina and Rafael Ortega
The Modern Procession, New York, United States, 2002
Video documentation of an action, 11 min 23 sec
In collaboration with Rafael Ortega, The Public Art Fund, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Modern Procession (The Rehearsal), 2002
Graphite and collage on vellum
10 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (26.7 x 34.9 cm)
Rehearsal II, 2001
Video documentation of an action, 14 min 25 sec
Re-enactments, Mexico City, Mexico, 2001
Video documentation of an action, 5 min 20 sec
In collaboration with Rafael Ortega
Zócalo, Mexico City, May 22, 1999
Single channel video projection, 12 hours
Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing, Mexico City, 1997
Video documentation of an action, 5 min
Untitled (Sign Painting Project), 1993-1997
Acrylic on board
1) 63 3/4 x 43 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches (161.9 x 110.5 cm) 2) 47 1/2 x 36 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches (120.7 x 93.3 cm) 3) 11 1/5 x 8 5/8 x 5/8 inches (28.4 x 21.9 cm) 4) 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 5/8 inches (23.8 x 18 cm)
Untitled (Self-Portrait), 1995-1996
1) Oil, paper, and tape on fabric: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 5/8 inches (31.8 x 24.1 x 1.6 cm)
2) Enamel on metal: 51 1/4 x 36 1/8 x 7/8 inches (130.2 x 91.8 x 2.2 cm)
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