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Vanessa Prager: Portraits

Current exhibition
February 14 - April 1, 2023
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Vanessa Prager, "Golden Hour," 2022
Vanessa Prager, "Golden Hour," 2022
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. 

 

Please contact info@dianerosenstein.com for more information.

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Works
  • Vanessa Prager The Fountain, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    The Fountain, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager The Card Player, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    The Card Player, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Visit of the Sun, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Visit of the Sun, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Dancing in the Moonlight, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Dancing in the Moonlight, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Grand Exit, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Grand Exit, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Woman After Dark, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Woman After Dark, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Gilded Outlines, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Gilded Outlines, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Suspended with Pearls, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Suspended with Pearls, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Reflection at Sunrise, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Reflection at Sunrise, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Golden Hour, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Golden Hour, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager The Triumph, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    The Triumph, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Silhouette in Yellow, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Silhouette in Yellow, 2023
  • Vanessa Prager Laughing in Place, 2023
    Vanessa Prager
    Laughing in Place, 2023
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Installation Views
  • Vanessa Prager Portraits Install View 9 Diane Rosenstein Gallery
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  • Vanessa Prager Portraits Install View 10 Diane Rosenstein Gallery
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Press
  • Vanessa Prager in her studio, photo by Cara Robbins

    Vanessa Prager in FLAUNT

    Franchesca Barratta, FLAUNT, February 24, 2023
News
  • 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 Read more
  • Artforum "Must See" – Vanessa Prager: Portraits

    Artforum "Must See" – Vanessa Prager: Portraits

    On view through April 1, 2023 Read more

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