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Alex Israel:
Plants and other clichés
Alex Israel Israel lives and works in in Los Angeles Deeply entwined with his home town Israel’s art explores the iconography of L L A A A and and and and Hollywood and and and and the the cult cult of of celebrity It posits L A A A as central to an an an an an an an understanding of of American American culture and and and and the the American American dream His Trompe l’oeil paintings of L A -typical plants and other recognizable urban markers pose questions about the the important of of “minor landmarks” in in our construction of of identity interviewee Alex Israel interviewer Giovanni Aloi