Photos: Alex Israel: Stars in his Eyes
Alex Israel, in Malibu, on the set of his film SPF-18, with the actors Bianca Santos and Noah Centineo, May 2015.
Easter Island, a series of totems erected for the 2012 Venice Beach Biennial. Courtesy of Joshua White.
View of the exhibition SUMMER, 2015.
Zarko Vijatovic/courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech Gallery.
Lens (Jade), 2013.
Zarko Vijatovic/Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.
Maltese Falcon, 2013.
Courtesy of Matteo D’Eletto.
The Bigg Chill, a 2012 work in which a frozen yogurt swirl is rendered in marble.
Hans-Georg Gaul/Courtesy of Peres Projects.
Casting, a 2015 sculpture inspired by the mold from which Oscar statuettes are made.
Joshua White/Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery.
On the set of SPF-18: Actor Sean Russel Herman.
Keanu Reeves.
Courtesy of Rachel Chandler.
Molly Ringwald.
Courtesy of Rachel Chandler.
Actor Noah Centineo and actress Carson Meyer.
Courtesy of Rachel Chandler.
Noah Centineo.
Courtesy of Rachel Chandler.
Israel’s Cap, 2015.
Kevin Todora/Courtesy of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas
Glove, 2015.
Joshua White/Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery.
Self Portrait (Wetsuit), 2015.
Kevin Todora/Courtesy of the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas.
Sky Backdrop, 2015, behind two sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, 2015.
Kevin Todora/Courtesy of the artist.
A billboard of Self Portrait, 2013, on L.A.’s Sunset Strip.
Courtesy of Michael Underwood.
A detail of Movie Star Maps, a room-size mural commissioned by Jeffrey Deitch for his L.A. home.
Courtesy of Michael Underwood.
Melanie Griffith and Israel, at the MOCA screening and performance of As It Lays, Los Angeles, 2012.
Stefanie Keenan/WireImage/Getty Images.
Installation view of “Alex Israel,” an exhibition at Museo Civico Diocesano di Santa Maria dei Servi, Città della Pieve, Italy, 2012.
Ornella Tiberi/Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.
Self Portrait (Dodgers), 2014–2015, currently on view at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Joshua White/Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery.
Valet Parking, 2013, a mural installed for the solo exhibition “Alex Israel” at Le Consortium, Dijon, France, 2013.
Ornella Tiberi.
