Self Portrait (Hollywood Bowl Study)
2026
Within a black silhouette profile frame recalling Hitchcock's iconic imagery, a vibrant industrial landscape unfolds in luminous gradient bands of magenta, pink, yellow, and red. Stage lighting rigs and a steel truss structure emerge from the stylized head's interior, evoking the machinery of performance and spectacle. The composition merges personal identity with the apparatus of entertainment and visual culture, characteristic of Israel's conceptual approach to portraiture and his engagement with Los Angeles as both geographic and psychological space. Archival pigment print mounted in the artist's distinctive profile frame, part of a 10-print suite exploring the intersection of self representation and technological mediation. The work extends Israel's post Pop investigation into how identity is constructed through image, architecture, and the spectacular landscape of contemporary media.
- Medium
- Archival pigment print in artist's frame
- Framed
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Pace Prints
Notes
Pace Prints, 'Where is My Mind?', April 30 – June 6, 2026. From Alex Israel's 'Self Portrait' series; Hitchcock-inspired profile silhouette frame designed by the artist. Set of all 10 prints from the series is also available framed at $175,000.
For Sale — $20000
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