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Alex Prager — Maggie from Week-End
Alex Prager

Maggie from Week-End

A dramatically staged chromogenic print by Alex Prager, this image captures a woman named Maggie amid the artist's signature cinematic tension, evoking the aesthetic of classic Hollywood and mid-century Technicolor films. Prager's meticulous attention to color, lighting, and costume transforms the scene into a hyper-real tableau that blurs the line between personal narrative and collective cultural memory. The work is part of Prager's *Week-End* series, in which densely populated, choreographed scenes explore themes of isolation, anxiety, and spectacle within the American experience.

Medium
Chromogenic print.

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April 9, 2018

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Alex Prager, Maggie from Week-End

A dramatically staged chromogenic print by Alex Prager, this image captures a woman named Maggie amid the artist's signature cinematic tension, evoking the aesthetic of classic Hollywood and mid-century Technicolor films. Prager's meticulous attention to color, lighting, and costume transforms the scene into a hyper-real tableau that blurs the line between personal narrative and collective cultural memory. The work is part of Prager's *Week-End* series, in which densely populated, choreographed scenes explore themes of isolation, anxiety, and spectacle within the American experience.

Medium
Chromogenic print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Cinematic Photography, Filmic Narrative, American Artist, Staged Photography, Chromogenic Print, Figurative Art, Saturated Colors, 21st Century, Female Photographer, Contemporary Art, Psychological Tension

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