Francis Alÿs: Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River

David Zwirner is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist Francis Alÿs at the gallery’s Paris location. Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River brings together a group of works made by the artist from 2006 onward that relate to an action that took place simultaneously on opposite shores of the Strait of Gibraltar—in Tangier, Morocco, and Tarifa, Spain—on 12 August 2008. This is the first solo presentation in Paris for the internationally acclaimed artist, who will represent Belgium at the 2022 Venice Biennale. 

Alÿs is known for his in-depth projects in a wide range of media, including documentary film, painting, photography, performance, and video. Through his practice, Alÿs consistently directs his distinct poetic and imaginative sensibility toward anthropological and geopolitical concerns centered around observations of, and engagements with, everyday life. The artist himself has described his work as “a sort of discursive argument composed of episodes, metaphors, or parables.”

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Installation video, Francis Alÿs: Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River, David Zwirner, Paris, 2021
Video by Pushpin Films

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