Hardcover, 14.5 × 27 cm, 200 pages, English
Published by Theodora Vischer
The publication documents the Sign Painting Project initiated by the conceptual artist Francis Alÿs and carried out between 1993 and 1997 in collaboration with three Mexican sign painters, normally commissioned by clients to paint advertisements. In the course of the project, the artist gave designs to the sign painters and commissioned them to turn these into own paintings_the ones the artist then again rendered into new creations. A selection was exhibited at Schaulager Basel in 2005. The catalogue documents and illustrates all the works created as part of the project. An article by the artist and several essays by experts on Alÿs explain the project and clarify its context.
