Society contribution

In this question you will evaluate how important is the work of this artist for our society.
In other words, if the contribution of their work is important and substantial for our current society,
our way of thinking, if has broken paradigms, if has been an influence for other persons like activists,
reporters, philosophers, politicians, etc.

How is the contribution that the works of this artist give to our society?

Concept of the Artist

Francis Al?s uses public actions, video, painting, installation, and drawing to articulate the bifurcations and boundaries imposed by politics and culture on society. His analysis of social structure is influenced by his prior background as an architect. A sense of urgency pervades all Al?s?s work as he comments on struggles of power and identity. For Al?s, local concerns are global concerns and vice versa.
Source :http://www.artspace.com/francis__alysConceptual artist Francis Al?s brings a distinct poetic and imaginative sensibility to observations of, and engagements with, both everyday life and politicized situations. In Al?s s wide range of projects and interventions, he has taken a roundabout trip threading the United States-Mexico border?traveling from Tijuana to Australia, up the Pacific Rim to Alaska, and finally to California?to highlight the increasing obstacles imposed along the border (The Loop, 1997); pushed a melting block of ice through city streets (Paradox of Practice 1 (Sometimes Doing Something Leads to Nothing), 1997); hired sign painters to make copies of his works (Untitled (Sign Painting Project), 1993-1997); filmed an attempt to enter the center of a tornado (Tornado, 2000-2010); trailed a leaking can of paint along the Israel-Palestine border (The Green Line (Sometimes doing something poetic can become political and sometimes doing something political can become poetic), 2005); and orchestrated hundreds of volunteers to move a sand dune (When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002).
Source :https://www.artsy.net/artist/francis-alys

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Artworks

Please evaluate the quality of the artworks, look at the congruence with its concept, its aesthetic meaning, etc.

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Art world contribution

In this question you will evaluate how important is the work of this artist for world of art.
In other words, if the contribution of their work is important and substantial for the world of art,
in areas like aesthetic, conceptual. Also if has been a raw model and inspiration for other generations of artists,
curators, museums, collectors, art historians, etc.

How is the contribution that the works of this artist give to the world of art?