{"title":"Francis Alÿs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrancis Alÿs (born 1959, Antwerp) is a Belgian artist based in Mexico City whose practice centres on walking, gesture, urban space, and the relationship between minor actions and larger political or social structures. Working across video, painting, drawing, and printed matter, Alÿs uses the city as both medium and subject — tracing lines, pushing blocks of ice, following magnetic north, or organizing collective actions that condense complex histories into simple, repeatable gestures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including Tate Modern, London, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Venice Biennale. Key works include \u003cem\u003eWhen Faith Moves Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eThe Green Line\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), and \u003cem\u003eReel-Unreel\u003c\/em\u003e (2011). Alÿs’s printed matter — postcards, artist books, and documentation — often functions as a dispersed support for actions, carrying gestures through circulation rather than fixed exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together printed matter and ephemera connected to Alÿs’s practice and performances.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"alys-athens-postcard-2003","title":"Francis Alÿs — Athens, Oct 2003 — Artist Postcard","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist postcard\u003cbr\u003eAthens, October 2003\u003cbr\u003e14.5 × 10.5 cm\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on coated card stock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostcard documenting a conceptual action by Francis Alÿs produced in Athens in October 2003. Captioned in Greek and English: \u003cem\u003e“a man traces a line as he walks through the city of Athens shooting a flare every 30 steps.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work condenses several recurring Alÿs concerns into postcard form: walking as drawing, the city as surface, repetition as measure, and the temporary gesture translated into portable documentation. The aerial image of Athens reads almost like static until interrupted by the text beneath it — action reduced to a single typed sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reverse remains nearly empty apart from the artist’s name and date. Not an invitation and not exactly a conventional artwork reproduction either. More a dispersed support: a minor printed object carrying an action through circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good vintage condition. Light edge wear, faint age toning, and minor handling marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756722413906,"sku":"ALYS-UNKNOWN-PC-2003","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Alys_Francis_Athens_Postcard_2003_01.jpg?v=1781542175"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/francis-alys.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}