劳伦·哈尔西 Lauren Halsey ( b.1987 )

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1987 年出生于洛杉矶,她正在重新思考艺术、建筑和社区参与的可能性。她既创作独立艺术作品,也创作特定场地项目,尤其是在洛杉矶中南部社区,她的家人已经在那里生活了几代。哈尔西的作品结合了现成的、制作的和手工制作的物品,保持着一种公民紧迫感和自由流动的想象力,反映了她周围人和地方的生活,并解决了有色人种、酷儿群体和工人阶级面临的关键问题。对中产阶级化和剥夺公民权的批评伴随着现实世界的提议以及对实地美学的赞美。受非洲未来主义和放克音乐以及她当地环境中的标志和符号的启发,哈尔西创造了一种既激进又合作的富有远见的文化形式。


Born in 1987, Los Angeles, she is rethinking the possibilities for art, architecture, and community engagement. She produces both standalone artworks and site-specific projects, particularly in the South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles where her family has lived for several generations. Combining found, fabricated, and handmade objects, Halsey’s work maintains a sense of civic urgency and free-flowing imagination, reflecting the lives of the people and places around her and addressing the crucial issues confronting people of color, queer populations, and the working class. Critiques of gentrification and disenfranchisement are accompanied by real-world proposals as well as celebration of on-the-ground aesthetics. Inspired by Afrofuturism and funk, as well as the signs and symbols that populate her local environments, Halsey creates a visionary form of culture that is at once radical and collaborative.

无处非中

Centre Anywhere

2024.12.29—2025.3.23
元美术馆 Yuan Art Museum 北京