Yancey Richardson, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
London, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Alex Prager: Week End, June 10–July 7, 2010 (another example exhibited)
New York, Yancey Richardson, Alex Prager: Despair, November 4–December 23, 2010
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New Photography, September 29, 2010–January 10, 2011 (another example exhibited)
Savannah, SCAD Museum of Art, Alex Prager: Mise-en-scène, July 27, 2013–January 31, 2014 (another example exhibited)
Sarah Kobos, "Face in the Crowd," ABC News, January 16, 2014, online (another example illustrated)
Tim Fisher, "Alex Prager's Hollywood Redux," Broadsheet, December 3, 2014, online (another example illustrated)
"Alex Prager Exhibition: National Gallery of Victoria," Australian Photography, November 4, 2014, online (another example illustrated)
Sofia Ahlberg, "The American Dream is yours, and this is your wake-up call," The Conversation, February 18, 2015, online (another example illustrated)
Lindsey Martin, "Alex Prager," Medium, October 28, 2015, online (another example illustrated)
Faye & Lily, "Future Focus Vol 1: Photographer Alice Hutchison," Our Revolution, March 16, 2023, online (another example illustrated)
American • 1979
Influenced 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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