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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Artist Lauren Halsey aims to make her community visible

Lauren Halsey, 31, is showing in two of L.A.’s most prestigious museums. She’s created a plaster, cave-like room you can walk through at MOCA downtown. And she has a big piece in the Hammer’s Made in L.A. exhibition.

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By Madeleine Brand • Jul 12, 2018 • 1 min read

Lauren Halsey, 31, is showing in two of L.A.’s most prestigious museums. She’s created a plaster, cave-like room you can walk through at MOCA downtown. And she has a big piece in the Hammer’s Made in L.A. exhibition. She’s trying to reshape L.A., or at least our experience of the city.

Lauren Halsey in front of her installation at the

Hammer Museum's Made in L.A. show. Credit: Gina Pollack.

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