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Alex Prager
La Petite Mort
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- $20,000 - 30,000
Lot Details
6 chromogenic prints and digital video, plate list and film poster colophon contained in a portfolio
signed, titled, numbered and dated "Film Still #7; #12; #11; #9; #10; #8 8/15 Alex Prager 2012" on six artist's labels accompanying the work; embossed "8/15" on the interior of the cloth clamshell portfolio
each 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm.)
poster 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
portfolio 25 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (63.5 x 49.5 x 3.8 cm.)
poster 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
portfolio 25 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (63.5 x 49.5 x 3.8 cm.)
Executed in 2012, this work is number 8 from an edition of 15 and is accompanied by a letter of thanks dated November 29, 2012 signed by the artist.
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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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