Alex prager susie and friends 2008 show more results licensing if you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in momas collection. Working fluidly between photography and film she creates elaborate scenes that reference a wide range of influences, including hollywood and experimental cinema, popular culture and street photography. Compulsion presents a complete series of color photographs by contemporary photographer alex prager. We cant look away when theres an accident on the side of the freeway everyone slows down and looks but nobody helps. Working fluidly between photography and film, she creates largescale projects that combine elaborately built sets, highly staged, complex performances and a hollywood aesthetic to produce still and moving images that are familiar yet strange, utterly compelling and unerringly memorable. Compulsion alex pragers new series investigates the complexity of observation within a society inundated by compulsive spectators, as. The little death of alex prager photography agenda phaidon. Pragers interest in art began in her adolescence, but it was in. Explored in the films and books of david lynch, james ellroy and.
They are staged photographs in a retroalfred hitcock movie style with lots of vibrant color and vintage fashions. Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price. The present lot comes from one of alex pragers first series the book of disquiet. Alex prager compulsion michael hoppen gallery, london 2012 64 pp. B oth stan douglas and alex prager make elaborately staged photographs that look like film stills. To emphasize her uniqueness, i decided to create a different kind of artist catalog, with a portfolio and three books, to give it a feeling of importance and to set it apart from the runofthemill coffee table book. She is a selftaught photographer who staged sets and models to create filmlike images that invite a myriad references, not only to the history of hollywood and photography, but also the cinematic image in art contexts. Her cinematic sensibilities are perfectly at home in the single image, expertly making use of the imaginations inimitable ability to. Fashion film by alex prager featuring bryce dallas howard one of diane pernets top 10 fashion films. Prager was the 2012 winner of the foam paul huf award, a prize organized by the museum and awarded annually to a young photographer. Photo by alex prager studiolehmann maupin gallery 4. Apr 18, 2012 alex prager, whose work has appeared in the times magazine, has a new mustsee exhibition. Compulsion 9780615655 and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
Both stan douglas and alex prager make elaborately staged photographs that look like film stills. Alex prager is one of the truly original image makers of our time. I was inspired by the drama and nostalgia in alex pragers photos. Beautiful photographic work of alex prager from 2012, published in a limited edition of 1200 copies.
See more ideas about photography, cinematic photography and fashion photography. Her photographs primarily use staged actors, models and extras to create meticulously designed mise en scene, often described as filmlike and hyperreal. She is a selftaught photographer who staged sets and models to create filmlike images that invite a myriad references, not only to the history of hollywood and photography, but also the cinematic image in. The installation features captures of stylistically surreal tragic events and closeup images of eyes. Apr 21, 2012 b oth stan douglas and alex prager make elaborately staged photographs that look like film stills.
Alex prager compulsion the control of an imagined world. Compulsion by alex prager is the photographers latest collection of pictures currently on display at the michael hoppen gallery. Artslant profile for contemporary artist alex prager. Alex prager, whose work has appeared in the times magazine, has a new mustsee exhibition. She combed yard sales, libraries, and thrift stores, finding books that. Alex prager s first solo museum show is on display at foam fotografiemuseum amsterdam through october 14, 2012. Its a high honour for any artist to achieve a midcareer retrospective, one alex affably describes as very surreal but completely deserved. Prager, on the other hand, creates her own heightened, dreamlike.
Multimedia art museum, moscow presents compulsion, an exhibition by the american artist alex prager. Compulsion alex prager exhibitions yancey richardson. She is a selftaught photographer who staged sets and models to. Prager s interest in art began in her adolescence, but it was in. An immoral drama, a collaborative exploration of the seven deadly sins by alex prager and mercedes helnwein. She is known for intricately staged works that draw on the drama of midcentury hollywood films to explore uncanny elements of individual and social experience. Her nomadic upbringing saw her splitting time between florida, california and switzerland without truly settling down long enough for a formal education. Seven years later, prager returns to foam with an exhibition entitled silver lake drive, in which she unites ten years of her photographic and film. Alex prager is an american photographer and filmmaker, born on november 1, 1979. Courtesy alex prager studio and lehmann maupin, new york, hong kong, and. Prager is among four photographers to be featured in new photography 2010, opening in new yorks museum of modern art. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Alex prager stages a cinematic tale of death and compulsion in.
Apr 21, 2012 compulsion by alex prager is the photographers latest collection of pictures currently on display at the michael hoppen gallery. They both use photography to create oblique fictional narratives that baffle and intrigue. Alex prager compulsion the control of an imagined world artlyst. The website is currently running in a viewonly mode to allow archiving of the content. The main idea behind the title of the series was to show the spectators compulsion to watch disaster, rather than act. May 19, 2012 seven works by alex prager will feature in state of the art new contemporary photography, at nrwforum in dusseldorf, germany, opening february 4, in conjunction with the release of a book of the same title published by feymedia for international distribution. Seven works by alex prager will feature in state of the art new contemporary photography, at nrwforum in dusseldorf, germany, opening february 4, in conjunction with the release of a book of the same title published by feymedia for international distribution.
Apr 20, 2012 alex pragers images remind us of the extent to which contemporary photography is occupied with capturing preexisting reality. And yet, it captures the lucid moments of humanity found only in the most candid of photography. Alex pragers images remind us of the extent to which contemporary photography is occupied with capturing preexisting reality. Alex prager shows the cinematic surrealism of everyday.
Prager creates images of things that never happened, a world that never was, but at the same time is very familiar we have been here before. As with the artists previous work, all the image are. Published in 2005, the project presents seven works by each artist, meant to represent and confound our understandings of biblical evil. For ten years, prager has staged imaginary scenes for her cameradream worlds in technicolor, rife with tension and. Jun 14, 2018 alex prager is one of the truly original image makers of our time. It just made a lot of sense when i started thinking about all the reasons and my book needed a name. She began to gain more attention after exhibiting polyester in 2007, which focused on southern california and portraits of various women and girls. Alex pragers first solo museum show is on display at foam fotografiemuseum amsterdam through october 14, 2012. Alex pragers compulsion opens in new york, london, and. Available for sale from yancey richardson gallery, alex prager, 4. Dec 11, 2014 alex prager is an american photographer and filmmaker, born on november 1, 1979. Compulsion alex pragers new series investigates the complexity of observation within a society inundated by compulsive spectators, as well as the recurrent discourse in. In 2005, prager created a group of works, the book of disquiet, as an exhibition and joint publication with artist mercedes helnwein. They are staged photographs in a retroalfred hitcock movie style with lots.