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Alex Prager
Two works from the series Compulsion: (i) 4:29pm, Van Nuys; (ii) Eye #8 (Electric Tower)
- Estimate
- $10,000 - 15,000
$10,625
Lot Details
(i) chromogenic print
(ii) archival pigment print
(ii) archival pigment print
(i) signed, titled, numbered and dated ""4:29pm, Van Nuys" 6/9 Alex Prager 2012" on a label affixed to the reverse
(ii) signed, titled, numbered and dated ""Eye #8 (Electric Tower)" 6/9 Alex Prager 2012" on a label affixed to the reverse
(ii) signed, titled, numbered and dated ""Eye #8 (Electric Tower)" 6/9 Alex Prager 2012" on a label affixed to the reverse
(i) 36 x 36 1/2 in. (91.4 x 92.7 cm.)
(ii) 16 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (41.3 x 47.6 cm.)
(ii) 16 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (41.3 x 47.6 cm.)
Executed in 2012, each of these works is number 6 from an edition of 9.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
Exhibited
Alex Prager
American | 1979Influenced by pulp fiction and cinematic tropes, self-taught photographer and film-maker Alex Prager creates striking, sometimes unnerving images that are filled with a dynamic cast of characters. The hyperreal worlds she creates are packed with human melodrama, like the retro 'damsel in distress' character that regularly makes appearances in Prager's brightly colored and dramatically lit scenes.With influences ranging from David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock, William Eggleston, Cindy Sherman, and Gregory Crewdson, Prager references the vivid aesthetics of mid-twentieth century American cinema and photography. Pairing photographs alongside her films as part of her practice, Prager presents an eerie, alternative world where more questions are asked than answered.
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