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Informationen zum Autor ?Interview: Russell Ferguson is Chairman of the Department of Art at the University of California! Los Angeles! and Adjunct Curator at the Hammer Museum! Los Angeles! where he has organized the exhibitions 'Wolfgang Tillmans' (2006)! 'The Undiscovered Country' (2004) and 'Christian Marclay' (2003). Survey: Cuauhtemoc Medina is a writer and curator based in Mexico City. He is researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas at the National University of Mexico! Mexico City! and is Associate Curator! Latin American Art Collections! at Tate Modern! London. He has written on such artists as Santiago Sierra! Brian Jungen and Teresa Margolles! as well as on a number of historical subjects! including the Fluxus movement. He has also written extensively on the work of Francis Alys and has collaborated on several of the artist's most significant projects! including When Faith Moves Mountains (2002). Focus: Jean Fisher has been the editor of the journal Third Text! the anthologies Global Visions: A New Internationalism in the Visual Arts (1994)! Reverberations: Tactics of Resistance! Forms of Agency in Trans/cultural Practices (2000) and Over Here: International Perspectives on Art and Culture (2005! with Gerardo Mosquera). She was also the author of a book of essays! Vampire in the Text (2003)! on contemporary art and culture. She currently teaches at Middlesex University and the Royal College of Art! London. Klappentext - The work of Francis Alÿs (b.1959) blurs the boundaries between the artist and the subject- This is the first comprehensive monograph on the artist's diverse body of work- He employs a range of media - including painting! video and other more unorthodox materials - in innovative takes on observation! participation and performance- Alÿs's work stems from his interest in the powers that shape urban existence! as well as the innovative schemes that individuals devise to subvert them- Alÿs invents his own fables! weaving them into the social fabric of such cities as Venice! London and Mexico City! his home for nearly 20 years- Alÿs's work has been included in the world's top international exhibitions! including the Venice Biennale (2001)! the Carnegie International (2004) and the Sao Paulo Biennial (2004) Zusammenfassung A close look at the Mexico City-based artist's lyrical expansions of art into life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Interview - Critic and curator Russell Ferguson travels to Mexico City to walk the streets with the artist! discussing Alys's personal and artistic explorations along the way. * Survey - Cuauhtemoc Medina traces Alys's ongoing critique of urbanism and modern life from his studies at the architecture academy in Venice to his negotations with day-to-day life in Mexico City and finally to his emergence as an acclaimed artist of international scope. * Focus - Jean Fisher discusses When Faith Moves Mountains (2002)! a 'project of geological displacement' whereby some 500 volunteers moved an enormous sand dune a few inches from its original position! one shovel-full at a time. * Artist's Choice - Augusto Monterroso's 'The Black Sheep' and 'The Two Tails! or the Eclectic Philosopher' (1969) are fables whose instant timelessness have made them classics throughout the Spanish-speaking world. * Artist's Writings - Alys discusses his own practices in texts which such evocative titles as 'As Long as I'm Walking'! '10 Predicaments' and 'The Elements'. * Chronology and Bibliography ...
