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Driven by the poetic idea of bridging the 7,7 nautical mile wide Straight of Gibraltar, Francis Alys<\/a>\u2019 solo show at David Zwirner Gallery<\/a> pictures fanciful connections between Moroccan and Spanish territory in the form of installation, video, painting and more.\u00a0 One painting anthropomorphizes sea cliffs into human forms, while elsewhere a giant child stands in the Straight with two people-packed boats under her arms.\u00a0 In the back gallery, beyond a lightbox displaying news articles about migration across the Mediterranean, a video features a row of kids from Morrocco and a similar line of Spanish youth at the beach, heading into the water carrying toy boats made from shoes (seen here in sculptural form elsewhere in the show).\u00a0 Resembling both personal items lost in migration and suggesting resourceful toymaking, the boats are somber and lighthearted at the same time, expressing continued hope despite harsh realities.\u00a0 (On view through Dec 18th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Francis Alys, installation view of \u2018Francis Alys: The Gibraltar Projects,\u2019 Nov 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Driven by the poetic idea of bridging the 7,7 nautical mile wide Straight of Gibraltar, Francis Alys\u2019 solo show at David Zwirner Gallery pictures fanciful connections between Moroccan and Spanish territory in the form of installation, video, painting and more.\u00a0 One painting anthropomorphizes sea cliffs into human forms, while elsewhere a giant child stands in … <\/p>\n

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