In Photos: Alex Prager’s Hyperreal Work

The Big Valley, Susie and Friends, 2008

Alex Prager, the subject of a major mid-career survey this month and a new monograph published by Thames and Hudson, is known for her boldly lit take on the disquiet of modern life.

Crowd #3 (Pelican Beach), 2013

The American artist’s work encompasses fashion, photography and film with characteristically vivid colour and unsettling theatricality

The Big Valley: Eve, 2008

Prager’s eye for filmic detail and salient storylines sees her taking inspiration from film history to make stills of her own