Lauren Halseys

Lauren Halsey’s (@summaeverythang) mythopoetic hauntscape of South Central LA has taken over @DavidKordanskyGallery (Los Angeles). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The exhibition of her latest works, on view through March 14, continues the artist’s exploration of monuments, memorials, and public space, particularly her reckonings with gentrification and the threatening economic displacement of Black and Latino/a stores and shops. Several of her pieces which are arranged in large cubes and prisms – a play on the ‘big box’ retail developments that often replace local, independent retailers – ‘are like South Central L.A. business taxidermy,’ says Halsey. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Running concurrently through March 14 is Huma Bhabha’s solo exhibition of sculptures and drawings, the artist’s first with the gallery. —