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Vanessa Prager: Static

Past exhibition
February 20 - April 10, 2021
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Vanessa Prager Red Shoes, 2020 Oil on panel 48 x 48 inches 121.9 x 121.9 cm
Vanessa Prager
Red Shoes, 2020
Oil on panel
48 x 48 inches
121.9 x 121.9 cm

Diane Rosenstein Gallery is pleased to announce Static, a solo exhibition of paintings by Vanessa Prager. The recently completed series of new oil paintings by Prager, a self-taught artist based in Los Angeles, continues her exploration of sculptural impasto techniques and revisits 19th-century post-Impressionism in the 21st century.

 

Prager’s new paintings pack a sensory and emotional impact, redefining perception in a high-def world. Her impasto pieces resist the quick take and allow us to discover the hidden treasure of the work itself; in these paintings, more is more. In this time of pandemic, when screens dominate as a means to work, play, connect and exist, Prager is the analog compass directing us back to the tangible. With big, heavy, drippy canvases and what can only be referred to as extreme painting, Prager rejects artificial crispness and reminds us how an abstract work can help us locate feelings so precisely.

 

The subtle variations in pigment found in Vanessa Prager’s three dimensional works remind us of the muted light of a Georges Seurat tableau—or of Lee Krasner’s bold colors and altered surfaces. Yet, Prager subverts traditional techniques to reimagine familiar subjects—nudes, still lifes, landscapes and portraits—all of which she offers as veiled and distant, palpable and present, and undefined by gender. The faces she paints, and the expressions they portray, subtly reveal an often overlooked, ordinary effect we all quietly share with the world.

 

Throughout 2020, Prager created in her art what many struggled to find in their daily lives: commonplace moments of warmth, delight, levity and brightness. Her faint outlines of recognizable figures, contrasted with her radiant palette, allude to the elusive nature of joy, and an optimism for the future. She hopes viewers will experience in these works a warm, enveloping sensation, which may be both felt and understood in the way the paint encases its subjects. 

 

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Works
  • Vanessa Prager Static, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Static, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Red Shoes, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Red Shoes, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Cuttings, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Cuttings, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Through the Poppies, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Through the Poppies, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Wite-Out, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Wite-Out, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Long Weekend, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Long Weekend, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager End of Time , 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    End of Time , 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Into Darkness, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Into Darkness, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Still Life , 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Still Life , 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Chrysalis, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Chrysalis, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Countdown, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Countdown, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager The Wrap, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    The Wrap, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager The Hours, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    The Hours, 2020
  • Vanessa Prager Red Vase, 2020
    Vanessa Prager
    Red Vase, 2020
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Installation Views
  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

  • Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

    Installation view, Vanessa Prager: Static at Diane Rosenstein Gallery

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News
  • Vanessa Prager in Artillery Magazine

    Vanessa Prager in Artillery Magazine

    "Gallery Rounds: Vanessa Prager" by Shana Nys-Dambrot Read more
  • Vanessa Prager in Cultured Magazine

    Vanessa Prager in Cultured Magazine

    "It's Funny You Mention It: Maya Rudolph and Vanessa Prager Talk Painting" Read more
  • Vanessa Prager interview in Amadeus

    Vanessa Prager interview in Amadeus

    A conversation with Alex Khatchadourian | Photos by Cara Robbins Read more
  • Vanessa Prager in Los Angeles Magazine

    Vanessa Prager in Los Angeles Magazine

    "How Vanessa Prager Captures the COVID-19 Era on Canvas" by Michael Slenske Read more

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