Alex Israel @alexisrael solo show Cut-Outs at Hospitalet, Stockholm @hospitalet_stockholm is featured on FAD magazine @worldoffad "For this exhibition, Israel unveils a new body of work that references Matisse’s Jazz Portfolio (1947), a book of prints made from the modernist artist’s cut-out paper collages. Inspired by both Matisse’s color palette and inventive form of collage, Israel’s new works are the closest he’s come to making works on paper. “I’d use the term ‘works on paper’ lightly, because Sintra is thin but it is not exactly paper. There is no hand in the works (the medium is usually associated with the handmade/intimate touch of the artist) and because the works are not studies (another common function of the work on paper). My cutouts are more works ‘in’ paper, as they are sculptural in their stacked/layered compositions." Exhibition: 23rd September - 9th October 2022 Thur-Friday 12-6pm Sat-Sunday 12-4pm Carl Kostyál Stockholm Hospitalet Sjökvarnsbacken 15 13171 Nacka Directions: Boat: SL commuter boat 80 Nybroplan to Saltsjöqvarn Bus: to Henriksdal Car: drive to the end of Saltsjöqvarns Kaj. Images: (Left)
Alex Israel, Cut-Out Self-Portrait 2022. Acrylic on Sintra, laser cut and collaged Framed in welded and polished aluminum box frame with anti-UV non-reflective glass 24.02h x 20w x 0.16d in (61h x 50.80w x 0.40d cm)

(Right) Alex Israel, Cut-Out Fins (in Four Parts) 2022. Acrylic on Sintra, laser cut and collaged Framed in welded and polished aluminum box frame with anti-UV non-reflective glass 42.99h x 35w x 1.30d in (109.20h x 88.90w x 3.30d cm)