Biography Francis Alÿs (Antwerp, Belgium, 1959)
Lives and works in Mexico, D.F.
Francis Alÿs describes the context in which he works as “political in Greek sense of polis, the city as a place of sensations and conflicts, from which are drawn the materials to create fictions, art and urban myths.”
selected exhibitions:
1997 Jack Tilton Gallery, New York (solo)
The Liar, The Copy of the Liar, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico D.F. (solo)
Antechamber, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1998 Le temps du sommeil, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (solo)
Web Site Project, Dia Center for the Arts, New York (solo)
Roteiros, XXIV São Paulo 1999
Stand-by, Lisson Gallery, London (solo)
Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich (solo)
Mario Flecha Galeria, Girona, Spain (solo)
48th Biennale di Venezia,
Venice Mirror’s Edge, touring exhibition
2000 Plug In, Winnipeg, Canada (solo)
Sala Moncada, Fundació la Caixa, Barcelona (solo)
Acme Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
Stimuli, Witte de With, Rotterdam
Age of Influence, MCA, Chicago
2001 Francis Alÿs, Musée Picasso, Antibes, France (solo)
Drawings, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
As part of the Cultural Capital 2001 programs of Rotterdam and Porto, Witte de With, Museu Serralves, and Porto 2001 have invited a group of international artists to make new work which explores the city and urban space. The resulting …Read more
Guest-curator: Magali Arriola Coartadas / Alibis provides a critical perspective on Mexican society. Increasing globalization has in recent years sharpened the social and economic contrasts in Mexico. Multinationals have a stranglehold on the national economy, the people suffer under shortages, …Read more
Witte de With presents Monopolis – Antwerp, an exhibition organised in collaboration with three contemporary art centers in Antwerp: MuHKA, Extra City en objectif_exhibitions. Friday 9 September 2005: debate at 3:00 PM, opening from 5:30 PM, with performance by Building Transmissions at …Read more
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