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Almine Rech Matignon is pleased to present Alex Israel's fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from October 15 to November 10, 2023.
“LA Californie” Alex Israel’s fifth solo exhibition at Almine Rech, Paris, adds a fresh perspective to worldwide celebrations, conversations and exhibitions marking the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death. In Picasso, Israel has found an ideal subject for his on-going explorations into intersections of fine art and Pop culture. Israel has previously evoked Picasso’s “light drawings” (made famous by Life magazine in 1949) in an augmented-reality self-portrait produced with Snapchat that allows viewers to watch as he traces his own iconic profile around himself with a glowing fingertip. In this exhibition, Israel turns his attention to another aspect of Picasso’s legacy: La Californie.
— Mara Hoberman, curator and writer
André Villers 'Portrait of Picasso with Gary Cooper's hat and gun’, 1959 © Adagp, Paris, 2023
Self Portrait (After André Villers, Portrait of Picasso with Gary Cooper's hat and gun, 1959 © Adagp, Paris), 2023 Acrylic on sintra 243.8 x 213.4 x 10.2 cm 96 x 84 x 4 in Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech Photo: Nicolas Brasseur
