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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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    Sen. Kamala Harris on SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh: 'There is a lot to be concerned about'
    1. 0:00Sen. Kamala Harris on voting against Kavanaugh: 'I don't know that I would be able to change my mind'
    2. 13:00Helping the homeless in Malibu
    3. 21:41Are some groups profiting off California's health laws?
    4. 31:49Picasso lithographs mysteriously disappear from LA Times headquarters
    5. 38:50Artist Lauren Halsey aims to make her community visibleYou’re reading this
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