FRANCIS ALYS

This is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Francis Alys (b. 1959), which blurs the boundaries between artist and subje ct. Alys employs a range of media - including painting, video, and other more unorthodox materials - in innovative takes on observat ion, participation, and performance. Alys's work stems from his interest in the powers that shape urban existence, as well as the in novative schemes that ordinary individuals devise to subvert them.