Alex Israel: Self-Portrait (Yellow Face) Sean Monahan discussing the complex symbolism and

discussing the complex symbolism and restless innovation that permeated his oeuvre

and conceptual approaches to oil paint itself

Naked Masters juxtaposed nearly eighty of his works with forty from the collection

“They carry the scars of growth and decay

in her text

Alex Israel: Self-Portrait (Yellow Face) Sean Monahan discussing the complex symbolism andIn Self Portrait (Yellow Face) (2017), a print produced by Mixografia, Alex Israel depicts his own sunglasses clad face in profile, replacing his features with smoothly gradated color fields. Editioned in six different color combinations, Self Portrait features a white outline of the artists head in raised relief with a hollow, contoured interior. Making use of a 1980s style palette that juxtaposes neon and pastel hues, Israel evokes the distinctive