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Francis Alÿs — Camgun #79
Francis Alÿs

Camgun #79

2008

"Camgun #79" by Francis Alÿs is a mixed media assemblage that combines everyday materials including painted wood, metal, and plastic with film reels and film to create a sculptural object. The inclusion of pencil on tracing paper suggests documentation or notation of the work's process, reflecting Alÿs's interest in blurring distinctions between sculpture, drawing, and film. This piece exemplifies the artist's characteristic practice of transforming humble, found materials into poetic investigations of movement, observation, and the cinematic.

Medium
painted wood, metal, plastic, film reels, film and pencil on tracing paper

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Francis Alÿs, Camgun #79, 2008

"Camgun #79" by Francis Alÿs is a mixed media assemblage that combines everyday materials including painted wood, metal, and plastic with film reels and film to create a sculptural object. The inclusion of pencil on tracing paper suggests documentation or notation of the work's process, reflecting Alÿs's interest in blurring distinctions between sculpture, drawing, and film. This piece exemplifies the artist's characteristic practice of transforming humble, found materials into poetic investigations of movement, observation, and the cinematic.

Medium
painted wood, metal, plastic, film reels, film and pencil on tracing paper
Year
2008
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Photography, Performance Art, Urban Exploration, Documentary Aesthetic, Socio-Political Commentary, Belgian Artist, Conceptual Art, Melancholic, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century

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