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Alÿs, Francis

Francis Alÿs was born in Antwerp in 1959. He studied architecture and urban planning. In 1986 he moved to Mexico City. During his numerous walks through the capital, he observed and documented daily life in and around this metropolis. It was his encounters with the problems of urbanisation and social unrest that inspired him from 1990 onwards to become a visual artist. He uses the urban space, which he reproduces through performative actions. His media for this include painting, drawing, photography, and video. Public space becomes his material, and his own body, or that of other people, his instrument, which he captures in public spaces. Step by step, he appropriates the social and anthropological dimensions of his environment, almost in a documentary and analytical manner, often in the form of series of works. Over the years, Alÿs has extended his excursions to other urban spaces, documenting London, Jerusalem, Venice, or Havana.

Precise, relevant social and political allusions run through his entire oeuvre. At the same time, these themes are expressed in a poetic ambiguity through his artistic language, so that his œuvre permanently questions the link between artistic, creative, and political intervention.

Francis Alÿs lives and works in Mexico City.


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Lot 3464 - A201 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 30 June 2022, 05.00 PM

FRANCIS ALŸS

(Antwerp 1959–lives and works in Mexico City)
Untitled (MONTERREY 4 FEB 1994). 1994.
Oil on panel.
Signed twice and inscribed on the reverse: Francis Alÿs ALYS 16224, as well as inscribed recto lower right: MONTERREY 4 FEB 1994.
15 × 20 cm.

CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)

Sold for CHF 78 380 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3463* - A201 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 30 June 2022, 05.00 PM

FRANCIS ALŸS

(Antwerp 1959–lives and works in Mexico City)
Balderas. 1989.
Oil on board covered with canvas.
Signed lower left: ALYS.
13 × 18 cm.

CHF 14 000 / 18 000 | (€ 14 430 / 18 560)

Sold for CHF 33 240 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3469 - A205 PostWar & Contemporary - Thursday 22 June 2023, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS ALŸS

(Antwerp 1959–lives and works in Mexico City)
Untitled. 2000.
Digital photograph and oil.
Signed, dated and dedicated on the reverse: hola René, ta maison fut un petit havre de paix "comfyness" pendant la course de ce voyage. Merci, j'espère que l'on se rencontre très prochainement, baci oltini, Francis 21 junio 2000.
21 × 29.8 cm.

CHF 7 000 / 9 000 | (€ 7 220 / 9 280)

Sold for CHF 11 250 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3694 - A207 Prints & Multiples - Thursday 30 November 2023, 11.00 AM

FRANCIS ALŸS

(Antwerp 1959–lives and works in Mexico City)
Ghetto Collector. 2003.
Multiple. Tin, magnets, plastic string, rubber wheels. 26/99. Signed and dated on the inside of the door: F. Alys 03. Measurements 16 × 23 × 12.5 cm. Published by Parkett Verlag, Zurich (edition no. 69/2003).

CHF 1 200 / 1 800 | (€ 1 240 / 1 860)

Sold for CHF 2 625 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 3759 - A189 Prints & Multiples - Saturday 29 June 2019, 10.00 AM

FRANCIS ALŸS

(Antwerp 1959–lives and works in Mexico City)
Ghetto Collector. 2003.
Multiple. Sheet metal, magnets, plastic cord and rubber rollers. XXIII/L. Signed and dated in the lid: F. Alÿs 03. Size 15.5 x 25 x 14 cm. Published by Parkett Edition, Zurich.

CHF 1 500 / 2 000 | (€ 1 550 / 2 060)

Sold for CHF 1 875 (including buyer’s premium)
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Lot 5707 - ibid137 Photography – online only - Thursday 29 June 2023, 02.00 PM

FRANCIS ALŸS

(Antwerp 1959–lives and works in Mexico City)
Peacock, 2009.
Gelatin silver print on baryta paper.
Image 9.3 × 14.3 cm (sight).
Stamped lower left (partly in the image). Matted, framed.

CHF 500 / 600 | (€ 520 / 620)

Sold for CHF 375 (including buyer’s premium)
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