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Francis Alÿs
Belgian, born 1959
2001
A storyboard-like sequence of graphite and ink sketches on vellum in which Alÿs diagrams the choreography of people, cars, and camera movements as preparatory notes for a filmed urban action.
A loose grid of tiny, energetic vignettes—little walking figures, cars, arrows and scrawled directions—whose faint handwriting and quick, gestural marks make the page read like a map caught mid-motion.
The drawing shows how Alÿs bridges drawing, cinema, and performance to convert everyday streets into staged, ephemeral events, revealing the careful planning behind seemingly spontaneous public interventions.
Medium
Graphite and ink on vellum
Dimensions
Sheet (folded): 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
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Credit
Gift of The Speyer Family Foundation, Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf, and Committee on Media Funds
Accession
209.2007.18
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