Alex Prager - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, January 19, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    Alex Prager

    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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Untitled

2019
Archival pigment print in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
I. 33.8 x 50.8 cm (13.3 x 20 in.)
S. 43.2 x 55.9 cm (17 x 22 in.)

Signed in black ink and numbered '23' (printed) on the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity, from the edition of 25 (there were also 5 artist's proofs), published by the artist, framed.

Estimate
£2,000 - 3,000 

Sold for £2,520

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 19-20 January 2022