Francis Alÿs | Phaidon designers Calle's often controversial works fuses

Calle's often controversial works fuses conceptual art and self-imposed constraints

a beautifully produced boxed card set of O'Keeffe's Two Calla Lilies on Pink

and free of superfluous ornamentation

a beautifully produced notecard set of Hokusai masterpieces in the Collection of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

686 x 508 mm

Francis Alÿs | Phaidon designers Calle's often controversial works fusesA fully updated and expanded edition of the artist's first comprehensive monograph, more than a decade since its original publication. Francis Als examines the patterns of various urban sites before weaving his own fables into their tangled social fabric with wit, sensitivity, and an acutely personal connection to his subject matter. A scene such as a Volkswagen Beetle struggling up a hill or a man pushing a block of ice can carry a message that