“Cut” by Francis Alÿs

Artist: Francis Alÿs
Title: Cut
Year: 2018
Installation view: Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2018
Courtesy of: Rockbund Art Museum

“One of the most influential artists of the contemporary period, Francis Alÿs lives and works in Mexico City. Arriving there in 1986 armed with an architectural education, Alÿs began to make works that revolved around the city’s distinctive local culture, history, and society, ultimately expanding his artistic inquiry to a range of locations around the world that he has traveled to and spent time getting to know. With his acute poetic and imaginative powers of perception, Alÿs raises questions about anthropology and geopolitics…”
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