Collection

  • Francis Alÿs, Sleepers IV, 2011

    photo. Bartosz Stawiarski
  • Francis Alÿs, Sleepers IV, 2011

    photo. Bartosz Stawiarski
  • Francis Alÿs, Sleepers IV, 2011

    photo. Bartosz Stawiarski
  • Francis Alÿs, Sleepers IV, 2011

    courtesy of Peter Kilchmann Galerie
  • Francis Alÿs, Sleepers IV, 2011

    courtesy of Peter Kilchmann Galerie

In his work “Sleepers”, Francis Alÿs documents people and dogs asleep on the streets
of Mexico City. The pictures were taken in daylight at pavement level, yet he has attempted to avoid reportage-style or invasive shots of his subjects. He is more interested in blurring the boundaries between private and public space, suspending the rules of shared street usage and the “invisibility” of sleeping people and animals. Alÿs’s photographs capture moments of dreaming, “travelling without moving”, temporary shut-downs of human (and animal) bodily activity amid the sun and noise of the Mexican metropolis.

Year: 2011
Medium: 80 35mm slide carousel projection
Format: variable

Acquisition: purchase
Ownership form: collection
Source: Galeria Peter Kilchmann
Index: MSN:4300-3/2014
Acquisition date:
Financing source: Purchased with the support of Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

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