Self Portrait (Night Window)
2026
A nighttime cityscape viewed through an airplane window occupies the interior of a blue profile silhouette frame shaped like a human head in side view. The luminous grid of city lights below stretches across the darkness, visible through the oval window's glass, creating a sense of vast perspective and distance. The frame's distinctive Hitchcock inspired outline transforms the aerial view into a meditation on perspective, memory, and the internal landscape of consciousness. Israel's conceptual approach merges portraiture with landscape photography, positioning the viewer simultaneously as observer and observed. This work exemplifies the artist's post Pop investigation of identity, technology, and how we construct selfhood through visual representation.
- 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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