Shanghai Fosun Art Center exhibited the American artist Alex Israel’s first art museum-level exhibition in China: “Alex Israel: Freedom Highway”. The exhibition will display multiple series of artists, covering multiple representative works including images, paintings, sculptures, film props, interviews, installations and other media, including the latest creation in 2021 and the first exhibition of the famous series “Self-Portrait” “And “The Curtain of the Sky”.
Alex Israel was born in Los Angeles in 1982. As a leading generation of art creators with global influence, Alex Israel is known for his abstract gradient neon spray paintings, iconic self-portraits, and bold use of new media and various materials.
The series of works all use the artist’s huge head portrait made of fiberglass board as the background. The brightly colored head portrait highlights the self-tagging under the Internet culture. The head portrait background embeds interesting and diverse cultural content from Los Angeles scenery, movie scenes, pop culture, etc. , This series of works are representative symbols of the artist’s work.
Post time: Nov-17-2021