Untitled

Francis Alÿs

2002

An offset-printed poster by Francis Alÿs that compresses his 2002 participatory project 'Cuando la fe mueve montañas' into a pale photographic view of a Peruvian hill, meant to document and announce a collective, symbolic intervention at the III Bienal de Lima.

You notice a hushed, expansive sky above a low, undulating ridge rendered with faint chromatic doubling and visible fold creases, while a large, airy title floats across the top like a gentle proclamation.

By turning a site-specific, participatory action into a printed image, the work shows how Alÿs translates modest, poetic gestures into reproducible media to probe collective agency, political imagination, and the circulation of public art.

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Art Terms

Print Poster Participatory art Performance Media andperformance art Landscape Contemporary art

Exhibitions

Committed to Print

1988

The Photographs of Josef Albers: A Selection from the Collection of...

1988

American Prints from the International Program

1971

American Prints of the 20th Century

1954