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In Desperado, Israel makes use of a film prop that he also adapted as a sculptural edition of the same name. In his latest collaboration with Mixografia, Israel reimagines Desperado as a handmade paper edition in bas relief: a 1950s Corvette convertible parked driverless beside a saguaro cactus and embedded in the desert earth. Sampled from Israel’s Sky Backdrop paintings, the glowing hues of a Southern California sunset surround the car and cactus. Desperado combines digital printing together with Mixografia’s unique paper making and printing techniques—a first for the studio—pushing the …