Francis Alÿs

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Description

Francis Alÿs
Paralelas
signed and dated 1994 on the reverse of the right panel
oil and encaustic on wood, in 2 parts
8 1/8 by 11 1/8 in. 20.7 by 28.2 cm.
Executed in 1993.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner directly from the artist in 1993

Catalogue Note

Charming - like his faux-naif paintings - superficially capricious but also deftly disruptive and not infrequently saturnine Alÿs's art is absurd as well, but in a disciplined and revealing way.

-Robert Storr ("Strange Attractor", Parkett, no. 69, December 2003, p. 49)