Going Places – August 2019

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Exhibitions, News+Reviews

CROWD #1 (STAN DOUGLAS)

, FROM THE SERIES

LONG WEEK-END, 2010 © ALEX PRAGER. COURTESY ALEX PRAGER STUDIO AND LEHMANN MAUPIN, NEW YORK, HONG KONG AND SEOUL.

RITA

FROM THE SERIES

WEEK-END

, 2009 © ALEX PRAGER. COURTESY ALEX

PRAGER STUDIO AND LEHMANN MAUPIN, NEW YORK, HONG KONG AND SEOUL.

EXHIBITION

SILVER LAKE DRIVE

BY ALEX

PRAGER IN FOAM, 2019 © FOAM / IMAGE COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN VAN DER KOOY BOYD & EVANS,

OCOTILLO WELLS AIRFIELD CA

, 2016. DYE

SUBLIMATION PRINT ON FABRIC COURTESY THE ARTISTS.

ALEKSANDRA MIR,

PLANE LANDING

, 2003. COLLAGE. COURTESY THE ARTIST.

Modern Visions

The Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England presents The Areodrome,

an exhibition dedicated to the late Michael Stanley, a former curator

at the gallery and an influential person behind the scenes in British

art. The show’s themes are inspired by Rex Warner’s dystopian

war-time novel The Areodrome, which made a huge impression on

a host of Warner’s peers, including Orwell and Burgess, as well as

Stanley. Warner’s tale follows a young man who is faced with two

bleak futures: an animalistic one at home with loved ones whom he

has become uncertain of, and the other as an airman, completely

detached from the world. An array of artists, many of whom worked

with Stanley and knew him personally, explore themes presented

in the novel in a modern context, presenting chilling and detached

visions of modern life.

When: Until 8 September

Where: Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham,

B1 2HS, United Kingdom

ikon-gallery.org

Cut Scenes

Silver Lake Drive is Alex Prager’s second solo exhibition at the

prestigious photography museum, Foam, in Amsterdam. The

award-winning American photographer and filmmaker came to

photography later in life, after visiting a photography exhibition by

William Eggleston: “I was looking for my outlet,” explains Prager.

“When I saw the Eggleston show, I felt the physical and emotional

reaction to his work.” Since that moment, Prager invested all her

time in photography, and is now especially known for her large-scale,

staged, street style photography of vibrant scenes featuring a host of

characters. Silver Lake Drive is exemplary of her arresting style, which

is full of colour and vivid human emotion. It also features a series of

behind-the-scenes images, in which the viewer gets to see Alex at

work as she sets up various ‘staged scenes’.

When: Until 4 September

Where: Foam Fotografiemuseum, Keizersgracht 609,

Amsterdam, Netherlands

foam.org

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