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Sky Backdrop
2013 · Acrylic on canvas
Overall: 108 × 192 in. (274.3 × 487.7 cm)
Whitney Museum of American Art
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Alex Israel
1982
WA-00000834
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None documented
1
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2
Works in Collection
53
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6
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0
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70%
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- Birth yearArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓
- LocationArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓
Source Registry (2)
- GagosianTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Almine-RechTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
About
Why this artist matters now
Alex Israel is a Los Angeles-based artist working across painting, sculpture, and video to explore vernacular Americana, consumer culture, and the aesthetics of leisure and display. His practice combines appropriation and observational painting with large-scale installations that reference billboard design and commercial signage.
Source: Gagosian · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago
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2 published of 2 catalogued · 1 with image
- MoMA1 published1 img
- Whitney1 published
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Gagosian
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Almine Rech
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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