Alex Prager is an artist and filmmaker who creates elaborately staged scenes that draw inspiration from a wide range of influences and references, including Hollywood cinema, experimental films, popular culture, and street photography. She deliberately casts and stages all of her works, merging past and contemporary sources to create a sense of ambiguity. Her familiar yet uncanny images depict worlds that evoke a sense of nostalgia.
This concept was inspired by the cast of characters who have become intertwined with the unique demographic Los Angeles, alluding to a shopping center that might exist just out of the frame in the photograph. Los Angeles is synonymous with these mini shopping malls as they serve as focal points for one’s experience of the city. The store names are meant to elicit a feeling of familiarity and nostalgia These hybrid images, a conflation of two realities, force the viewer to consider what is real and what is constructed. Individuals can experience the work as the figures in the piece itself - walking down the street, or perhaps driving into the garage.
8888 Washington Boulevard, Culver City 90232 View Map
8888 Washington Boulevard , Culver City 90232
Sharper Image, See’s Candies, Blockbuster 1 & 2