CHRISTIE'S
Photography — 20th/21st Century: Amsterdam
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Switzerland
Lot 21 FRANCIS ALŸS (B. 1959)
Francis Alÿs (1959) 
Francis Alÿs
22.08.1959
Belgium, Mexico
Francis Alÿs is a Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist.
His work emerges in the interdisciplinary space of art, architecture, and social practice. In 1986, Alÿs left behind his profession as an architect and relocated to Mexico City.
He has created a diverse body of artwork and performance art that explores urban tensions and geopolitics. Employing a broad range of media, from painting to performance, his works examine the tension between politics and poetics, individual action and impotence.
