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Vanessa Prager: Portraits

Past exhibition
February 14 - April 1, 2023
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Vanessa Prager, "Reflection at Sunrise'. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer
Vanessa Prager, "Reflection at Sunrise'. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer
In her mythic portraits, Prager works between still life and classicism to depict subjects that are a hybrid of floral life and human beings. 
Diane Rosenstein is pleased to present Portraits, an exhibition of recent paintings by Vanessa Prager.  This installation is comprised of fifteen oil paintings that depict individuals in a profound state of metamorphosis. In her mythic portraits, Prager works between still life and classicism to depict subjects that are a hybrid of floral life and human beings.  This is Prager’s second solo exhibition with Diane Rosenstein Gallery.
 
With a humorous nod to Arcimboldo’s Proto-Surrealistic naturalist visages, Prager’s ‘portraits’ employ the flower as a metaphor for both the transformative and transitory qualities of life.  The artist, acknowledging profound ‘cataclysmic shifts’ in the world over the past few years, notes that this body of work is a gesture towards connection and reconnection with others, an expression of optimism. 
 
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Works
  • Vanessa Prager Gilded Outlines, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Gilded Outlines, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager The Card Player, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    The Card Player, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Woman After Dark, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Woman After Dark, 2023
Installation Views
  • Vanessa Prager Portraits Install View 9 Diane Rosenstein Gallery
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Press
  • Artillery Magazine reviews Vanessa Prager

    Emma Christ, Artillery Magazine, March 23, 2023
  • What's On Los Angeles reviews Vanessa Prager: 'Portraits'

    Jody Zellen, What's On Los Angeles, March 23, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager in her studio, photo by Cara Robbins

    Vanessa Prager interview in FLAUNT

    Franchesca Barratta, FLAUNT, February 24, 2023
News
  • Vanessa Prager Monograph

    Vanessa Prager Monograph

    "Vanessa Prager: Paintings 2020-2024" May 6, 2024
    Diane Rosenstein Gallery is proud to announce the book launch of 'Vanessa Prager: Paintings 2020-2024 ' – a comprehensive monograph presenting fifty-five recent paintings by...
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  • Vanessa Prager in The New York Times

    Vanessa Prager in The New York Times

    "Is There Something Radical About Painting Flowers?" February 28, 2024
    'Many artists who made their names in figurative work are now creating a different sort of portrait.' By Amanda Fortini, February 28, 2024 Los Angeles-based...
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  • Artist Talk: A Conversation with Vanessa Prager and William J. Simmons

    Artist Talk: A Conversation with Vanessa Prager and William J. Simmons

    Saturday, March 4th, 12:00 - 1:30 pm February 27, 2023
    On the occasion of the exhibition Vanessa Prager, Portraits, Diane Rosenstein is pleased to invite you to a conversation between the artist Vanessa Prager and...
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  • Artforum "Must See" – Vanessa Prager: Portraits

    Artforum "Must See" – Vanessa Prager: Portraits

    On view through April 1, 2023 February 2, 2023
    Vanessa Prager's solo exhibition of paintings and drawings, Portraits , is designated a MUST SEE by Artforum's editors in their weekly artguide for Los Angeles....
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Publications
  • Vanessa Prager: Paintings 2020-2024

    Vanessa Prager: Paintings 2020-2024

    2024
    Softcover 168 pages
    Publisher: Diane Rosenstein Gallery
    ISBN: 979-8-9892909-2-5
    Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 inches
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