86. 86AR FRANCIS ALYS (born 1959) Untitled (Stitched Donkey) 1991 Mixed media Gouache on plastic-coated quilted fabric Plastic frame Mixed technique Gouache op geplastificeerde gewatteerde stof Kunststof frame 35 x 42,5 x 4,4 cm Provenance / Herkomst Galerie Kilchmann, Zurich Private collection / Privécollectie, Europe The concept was developed in 1992 during an exhibition in Mexico entitled 'casi cuadros, casi objectos', which introduced plastic sheeting as an additional membrane to those of the image. The plastic is an additional membrane, the outline of the painted surface. Francis has found something. We have no choice but to accept a new layer of illusion: through transparency, what has volume is read as a surface. These works have no skeleton: everything is skin.