Francis Alÿs | "Ghetto Collector", 2003 | (for Parkett 69)
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Parkett Vol. 69
Quote from Parkett
“Fragments of refuse, abandoned and divorced from their original purpose are galvanised into action. Like a small artillery of children’s pull-toys, or dispirited trash puppies, you can imagine these ‘ghetto collectors’, as the artist calls them, trailing through urban backlots, gathering debris beneath their already tired wheels. Alÿs looks at growth and change in society, particularly in urban environments. Here he tracks our insatiable consumption while on a continual path of waste and refuse. This is ironically packaged in the form of harmless plaything.”
Robert Storr, Parkett No. 69, 2003
"Ghetto Collector", 2003 (for Parkett 69)
Tin, magnets, plastic string, rubber wheels, 25 design variations,
approx. 6 1/2 x 9 x 5” (15 x 24 x 13,8 cm),
Ed. 99/L, signed, numbered, and dated on inside of tin door.
Last available work from a previously sold-out edition.
Complimentary shipping.
Read a Parkett text on Francis Alys
Parkett Vol. 69
Quote from Parkett
“Fragments of refuse, abandoned and divorced from their original purpose are galvanised into action. Like a small artillery of children’s pull-toys, or dispirited trash puppies, you can imagine these ‘ghetto collectors’, as the artist calls them, trailing through urban backlots, gathering debris beneath their already tired wheels. Alÿs looks at growth and change in society, particularly in urban environments. Here he tracks our insatiable consumption while on a continual path of waste and refuse. This is ironically packaged in the form of harmless plaything.”
Robert Storr, Parkett No. 69, 2003
"Ghetto Collector", 2003 (for Parkett 69)
Tin, magnets, plastic string, rubber wheels, 25 design variations,
approx. 6 1/2 x 9 x 5” (15 x 24 x 13,8 cm),
Ed. 99/L, signed, numbered, and dated on inside of tin door.
Last available work from a previously sold-out edition.
Complimentary shipping.
Read a Parkett text on Francis Alys
Parkett Vol. 69
Quote from Parkett
“Fragments of refuse, abandoned and divorced from their original purpose are galvanised into action. Like a small artillery of children’s pull-toys, or dispirited trash puppies, you can imagine these ‘ghetto collectors’, as the artist calls them, trailing through urban backlots, gathering debris beneath their already tired wheels. Alÿs looks at growth and change in society, particularly in urban environments. Here he tracks our insatiable consumption while on a continual path of waste and refuse. This is ironically packaged in the form of harmless plaything.”
Robert Storr, Parkett No. 69, 2003
"Ghetto Collector", 2003 (for Parkett 69)
Tin, magnets, plastic string, rubber wheels, 25 design variations,
approx. 6 1/2 x 9 x 5” (15 x 24 x 13,8 cm),
Ed. 99/L, signed, numbered, and dated on inside of tin door.
Last available work from a previously sold-out edition.
Complimentary shipping.
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Artist Document
Francis Alÿs sent this photograph of a street walk with his "Ghetto Collector" for Parkett 69 in Mexico City.
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Artist Video
In this short video excerpt Francis Alys talks about some aspects of his art.