
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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale
October 11, 2024
Lot 67
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