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Alex Prager
Untitled Action #2 (suicide)
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- $6,000 - 8,000
Lot Details
Chromogenic print, mounted to Plexiglas
signed, titled, numbered and dated "“Untitled Action #2 (suicide)" 10/10 Alex Prager 2006" on a label affixed to the Plexiglas
36 x 44 3/4 in. (91.4 x 113.7 cm.)
Executed in 2006, this work is number 10 from an edition of 10.
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Provenance
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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