Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present Alex Prager: Matinee, a solo exhibition of new work by Alex Prager in New York. Bringing together four new large-scale photographs, the exhibition positions Los Angeles as both subject and muse, examining the construction of distorted memory and myth-making through the city’s enduring allure and ephemerality. Influenced by artists whose respective portrayals of Los Angeles have profoundly informed contemporary understandings of the city, Prager’s work considers how our perceptions of reality may, in turn, shape what the future becomes. Matinee follows a landmark year for Prager, marked by the premiere of the artist’s feature film, Dreamquil. This exhibition serves as a prelude to Prager’s solo presentation in New York in 2027, which will coincide with a major museum exhibition by the artist, to be announced in the coming months.

Over the last two decades, Prager has developed a multidisciplinary practice characterized by uncanny, surreal images and films that explore the human condition. Working simultaneously across film, photography, and sculpture, Prager constructs highly emotional moments that feel like a fabricated memory or dream. Prager’s work is defined by a distinctive and carefully constructed mise-en-scène, where every element within the frame is created practically and captured physically and entirely in-camera. Her process is intuitive, guided by experimentation, atmosphere, and an instinctive approach to image-making that gives the work its singular visual language.