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My guest today is the painter Israel Lund. Israel is interested in images, the way they are reproduced, transmitted and passed through digital and analog systems. His early experiences as a teenager making zines and posters for local punk shows introduced him to a visual culture that thrived on the copy, and motivated him to introduce CMYK screen printing techniques into the realm of painting. The aesthetic of his work falls somewhere between abstraction and a glitchy computer screen. Through it all, there is a constant examination of how the information of an image is determined by the system it\u2019s put through, be it a Tumblr page, a photocopier, or one of Israel\u2019s screens.\n\nI\u2019d like to thank Israel, as well as Olivia Smith at Magenta Plains and David Lewis. I\u2019d also like to send a special thank you to Alex Bacon who wrote an excellent piece on Israel\u2019s work in The Brooklyn Rail that I referenced frequently in preparation for this show. \n\nYou can find that article HERE:\n\nRemember you can see my portrait of Israel in his studio at williamjesslaird.com/imageculture as well as on Instagram @william.jess.laird and @image.culture\n\nOur show is produced by Sarah Levine. Our music is by Jack & Eliza. \n\nThank you so much for listening.