Crowd #2 (Emma)

Alex Prager, American, born 1979

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2012

Archival pigment print

Overall: 36 × 49 1/4 in. (91.4 × 125.1 cm)

Frame: 37 3/16 × 50 11/16 × 1 3/4 in. (94.5 × 128.8 × 4.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Bonnie and Richard Reiss, Jr., Class of 1966

© Alex Prager. Courtesy Alex Prager Studio and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong and Seoul

2018.3

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

21st century

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Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Label

Alex Prager’s Crowd #2 (Emma) captures the paradox of urban existence: surrounded by people, yet profoundly isolated. From a unique bird’s-eye perspective, the viewer is pulled into the bustling crowd, amplifying a sense of claustrophobia and anonymity. Each figure moves with a singular focus, yet one woman, Emma, stands out—caught in the crowd’s chaotic flow, she looks up, her expression ambiguous, perhaps confused or unsettled. In this frozen moment, Prager reveals the alienation embedded in modern life and viewership, where physical proximity fails to bridge the emotional distance between individuals.

From the 2025 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 127, Separation Perfected, curated by Dominic Folkes ’25, Mellon Special Project Intern

Course History

ENGL 72.13, Word-Image Theory, Michael Chaney, Fall 2019

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 127, Separation Perfected, Dominic Folkes ’25, Mellon Special Project Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 8, 2025 - January 4, 2026

Art for Dartmouth, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 31, 2019-November 2, 2020.

Provenance

Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2018.

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