until Saturday January 23 2016

Galerie des Galeries
Galeries Lafayette
T : +33 (0)1 42 82 81 98
40, bd Haussmann
75009 Paris
France

On this occasion, the photographer and filmmaker will present some of her most recent works, including her latest film. Alex Prager is known for intricately staged works that draw on the drama of the Golden Age of Hollywood films to explore uncanny elements of today’s individual and social life.

Los Angeles, where she was born, has been a huge source of inspiration in her work, both in terms of subjectmatter – fantasy, isolation, tribulation – and in the way she utilizes the movie industry in order to create her films and photographs. Prager draws inspiration from the cinematic work of Alfred Hitchcock and Luis Buñuel and the art of such photographers as William Eggleston or Enrique Metinides, but also frequently cites the major influence her unconventional education has had on her own artistic practice, which combines the use of bold colors, unexpected angles and dramatic lighting.