Alex Israel
Alex Israel makes images, objects and experiences that balance an elevated, almost debased rush of visual pleasure with a scalpel-like intellectual sharpness. Like Los Angeles, the artist’s home and—in many ways his most fertile medium—his works find their depth in the seamlessness of their surface and the artifices that construct them and which they in turn deconstruct. It is clear that the artist, one of the most important voices of his generation, is able to instrumentalize our star-filled and wide-eyed Hollywood dreams and collective memories within a specific lineage of post-war American painting and conceptual, intellectually driven art making.
Alex Israel's untitled work presents a striking fusion of materials—acrylic on stucco set within a wood and aluminum frame—that speaks directly to the sun-drenched architectural vernacular of Los Angeles. The piece operates on the tension between surface allure and conceptual depth, channeling the city's signature blend of glamour and artifice into a rigorously constructed visual experience. Rooted in a lineage of post-war American painting, Israel transforms collective Hollywood mythology into a sharp meditation on image-making, perception, and the seductive power of the American dream.
- Medium
- acrylic on stucco, wood and aluminum frame
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Evening Sale
May 14, 2015
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