By Alex Prager
Located in New York, NY
Alex Prager
Kate from The Big Valley, 2008
Archival pigment print
Edition 1/7
36 x 26 inches
Taking aesthetic cues from film, fashion photography, pulp fiction, and her native city of Los Angeles, Alex Prager produces Technicolor photographs with dark, unsettling undercurrents. “I find my inspiration in the city of Los Angeles,” she explains. “It’s a strange picture of perfection—but there is an eerie monotony that creeps in. It can slowly drive a person crazy, that sense of unease under the surface of all this beauty and promise.” Populated by seductively stylized women, Prager’s photographs resemble vintage Hollywood movie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alex Prager Art
MaterialsArchival Pigment