Francis Alÿs: Survey

Francis Alÿs
The Silence of Ani, 2015
Installation composed of single channel video, 13:21 min, black and white, sound; one diptych; one painting; one drawing on three sheets of vellum; archive consisting of: 70 birdcalls; varied ephemera including studies for animation, notes and drawings on paper, digital photos, and plastic cards
Dimensions variable

Francis Alÿs
Installation view of the 52nd Venice Biennale: Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind in 2007
Bolero (Shoe Shine Blues), 1996-2007
Installation composed of Bolero (Video animation projected from hard drive, 9:40 min, color, sound); 384 framed vellum drawings; styrofoam and wood maquette; and two annex videos: R.E.H.E.A.R.S.A.L, (Video, 2:33 min, color, sound), and Politics of Rehearsal (Video documentary, 29:54 min, color, sound)

Francis Alÿs
A camgun from The Green Line (Sometimes doing something poetic can become political and sometimes doing something political can become poetic) The Green Line (Sometimes doing something poetic can become political and sometimes doing something political can become poetic), 2005`
18 x 40 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches (45.7 x 102.9 x 33.7 cm)
Video projection, 2 hard drives, touch screen, 5 mdf tables, 10 lamps, framed map, works on paper, photocollages, 1 painting, 1 wood gun sculpture

Francis Alÿs
Installation view of The Green Line (Sometimes doing something poetic can become political and sometimes doing something political can become poetic) from the 2010 solo exhibition, Francis Alÿs : A Story of Deception at the Tate Modern, London
Video projection, 2 hard drives, touch screen, 5 mdf tables, 10 lamps, framed map, works on paper, photocollages, 1 painting, 1 wood gun sculpture

Francis Alÿs
Rehearsal I (Ensayo I), 1999-2001
Installation composed of Rehearsal I (Video projection, 29:30 min, color, sound) and three Annex videos: Perro Pelota (Video on monitor, 1 hr (loop), color, sound); Maqueta (Video projection, 15:18 min, b&w, sound); and Caracoles (Video on monitor, 4:22 min, color, sound)
Dimensions variable

Francis Alÿs
Untitled (Sign Painting Project), 1993-1997
Acrylic on board
4 paintings.
Left panel: 63 3/4 x 43 1/2 inches (161.9 x 110.5 cm); central panel: 47 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches (120.7 x 93.3 cm); upper right panel: 11 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches (28.4 x 21.9 cm); lower right panel: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (23.8 x 18 cm)

Francis Alÿs
Detail from Untitled (Sign Painting Project), 1993-1997
Acrylic on board
4 paintings. Left panel: 63 3/4 x 43 1/2 inches (161.9 x 110.5 cm); central panel: 47 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches (120.7 x 93.3 cm); upper right panel: 11 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches (28.4 x 21.9 cm); lower right panel: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (23.8 x 18 cm)