Alex Israel: Noir Card Set Antony Peattie contextualizing the artist’s return to

contextualizing the artist’s return to painting in the early 1970s and his attraction to subjects of notoriety

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nuances of gesture emerge within the precisely defined curvilinear geometry of this print that pictures the titular plant often associated with good luck

bread and butter plate

In the summer of 1974

Alex Israel: Noir Card Set Antony Peattie contextualizing the artist’s return toThis card set was produced on the occasion of Alex Israel: Noir at Gagosian, Beverly Hills. It includes eleven blank flat cards that reproduce the exhibited paintings in a panoramic format reminiscent of CinemaScope movie screens. Rendered in highly saturated colors, these paintings of unpopulated Los Angeles streetscapes at night depict personal landmarks for the artistfrom Chateau Marmont and the Troubadour to Vons and the Bigg Chill. Produced