ALEX PRAGER
Lives and works in New York, Los Angeles and London
[Alex 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. Prager is among four photographers to be featured in "New Photography 2010", opening in New York's Museum of Modern Art this fall. Taking aesthetic cues from film, fashion photography, and the world of pulp fiction, Prager constructs darkly playful cinematic moments, charged with melodramatic glamour. Her heroines are timeless women on the verge. "The construction of the images is intentionally loaded" says MoMA curator Roxana Marcoci. "It reminds me of silent movies - there is something pregnant, about to happen, a mix of desire and angst."
Extract from "A.M. Homes for Vanity Fair, 2010"
Her most recent solo show entitled “Week-end” opened in Los Angeles, New York, London and Japan in 2010
PUBLICATIONS:
Contributes to W magazine, New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker
PRESS
British Journal of Photography, September 2010
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Week-end", Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
2009 "The Big Valley", Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "The Big Valley", Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England
2007 "Polyester", Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "New Photography 2010", Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2009 "Colour", Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England, "True Self", Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
2008 "Young Curators, New Ideas", Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, "WeAreTheSuperlativeConspiracy", Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, "The Good Life", Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY, Photographic Centre Northwest ion Seattle, WA, "Incognito", Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 "Untitled", Benjaman Fink & Alex Prager, Sarah Tecchia Gallery, New York, NY, "Photo Miami", Miami FL, "Safe + Sound", London Institute of Fashion, London
2006 "Dolls to the Walls", Project Gallery, Los Angeles, "Queen of the Night, Women under the Influence", Berman/Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 "The Book of Disquiet", Downtown Independent Gallery, os Angeles, CA, A True Show", White Charms Gallery, Los Angeles, "Admire the View", ArtShare Gallery, Los Angeles
AWARDS
2009 IPA Award, Lucie AwardGallery, New York, NY
2006 London Photographic Award