
Déjà-vu (Clock)
2004
Two nearly identical painted panels depict a solitary figure traversing a vast, hazy landscape, their repeated presence evoking a sense of temporal looping and uncanny familiarity. Embedded within the canvas, a functioning clock disrupts the stillness of the painted surface, merging the passage of real time with the cyclical nature of memory and perception. Through the tension between oil and encaustic's layered, dreamlike surfaces and the mechanical tick of the clock, Alÿs meditates on the disorienting experience of reliving a moment that may never have occurred.
- Medium
- oil, encaustic and clock on canvas, diptych
- Dimensions
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
Notes
Execution: Executed in 2004.
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale
June 27, 2002
Estimate: $50,000 – $70,000
Sold: $165,100
Lot 42
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