Research Catalog

Title

Francis Alÿs / Russell Ferguson, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Jean Fisher, Michael Taussig.

Author

Ferguson, Russell

Publication

• London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Medina, Cuauhtémoc
• Fisher, Jean, 1942-2016
• Taussig, Michael T.
• Alÿs, Francis, 1959-

Description

238 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 30 cm.

Summary

A fully updated edition of the artist's first comprehensive monograph, more than a decade since its original publication. Francis Alÿs examines the patterns of various urban sites before weaving his own fables into their tangled social fabric with wit, sensitivity, and an acutely personal connection to his subject matter. A scene such as a Volkswagen Beetle struggling up a hill or a man pushing a block of ice can carry a message that resonates far beyond the work's simple parameters. As Alÿs puts it, 'Sometimes doing something poetic can become political, and sometimes doing something political can become poetic.'

Series Statement

Contemporary artists

Uniform Title

Contemporary artists.

Subjects

• Alÿs, Francis, 1959-
• Conceptual art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 237) and index.

Call Number

JQF 19-1174

ISBN

• 0714875007
• 9780714875002

OCLC

1055915536

Author

Ferguson, Russell, author.

Title

Francis Alÿs / Russell Ferguson, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Jean Fisher, Michael Taussig.

Publisher

London ; New York, NY : Phaidon Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

Second edition, revised and expanded.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Contemporary artists

Contemporary artists.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 237) and index.

Added Author

Medina, Cuauhtémoc, author.

Fisher, Jean, 1942-2016, author.

Taussig, Michael T., author.

Alÿs, Francis, 1959- Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-1174