{"id":1835493,"date":"2026-03-19T17:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1835493"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:51:59","slug":"lauren-halseys-sculpture-park-in-south-central-is-here-see-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1835493","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Halsey&#8217;s Sculpture Park in South Central Is Here\u2014See Inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260313_SD0054_high-res.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--offset lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-u-font-family-body lrv-u-line-height-normal lrv-u-font-size-18 lrv-u-position-relative\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlmost two decades ago, while she was an architecture student at El Camino College, Lauren Halsey began conceiving a sculpture park for South Central, the Los Angeles neighborhood where she grew up. At long last, that sculpture park has finally arrived and is now open to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCurated by Christine Y. Kim and organized by the arts organization Los Angeles Nomadic Division, the park is officially titled <em>sister dreamer lauren halsey\u2019s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles<\/em>. It is in many ways the grandest expression to Halsey\u2019s desire to meld past and present in the hope of creating a future in which \u201cBlack people can experience themselves differently and not feel weighed down by some of the oppressive forces,\u201d as she once put it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHalsey has exhibited projects elsewhere, most notably at the Hammer Museum\u2019s Made in L.A. biennial in 2018, where she took the top honors. Presentations on the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and outside the Arsenale during the 2024 Venice Biennale followed. But unlike those projects, <em>sister dreamer<\/em> is free to the public and not held within the confines of an art institution. It is meant to be for the community, by one of its members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBelow, take a look inside the sculpture park.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260313_LH_036_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Several sphinxes facing a series of columns with heads at their tops.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260313_LH_036_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Several sphinxes facing a series of columns with heads at their tops.\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Photo Allen Chen\/@_h_studio\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><em>sister dreamer<\/em> is set in the former site of Gwen\u2019s Ice Cream, a shop that was a neighborhood destination before it burned down in a fire in 2014. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF2798_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A concrete structure carved with images of people's heads next to a row of sphinxes and columns.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF2798_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A concrete structure carved with images of people's heads next to a row of sphinxes and columns.\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Photo Allen Chen\/@_h_studio\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLike many of Halsey\u2019s other projects, the sculpture park draws on ancient Egyptian art, paying homage to age-old objects such as the goddess Hathor. But Halsey\u2019s works typically have a contemporary twist: one of her sphinxes, for example, wears sunglasses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260316_SD_172_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A column etched with the profiles of people.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260316_SD_172_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A column etched with the profiles of people.\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Photo Allen Chen\/@_h_studio\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe columns are etched with silhouettes of people as well as insignia of brands recognizable to locals in South Central. Also etched into some of the columns are ancient Egyptian symbols, such as the ankhs seen here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260313_SD0095_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A concrete structure that has two large openings for doors. Etched into its surface are words such as 'KENFOLKS.'\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260313_SD0095_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A concrete structure that has two large openings for doors. Etched into its surface are words such as 'KENFOLKS.'\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Photo Allen Chen\/@_h_studio\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAt the center of <em>sister dreamer<\/em> is a structure that Halsey has termed an \u201coculus,\u201d according to a <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> report from last week. The structure is carved with similar symbols to the ones that appear on the columns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260316_SD_034_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A concrete structure etched with various designs, including the silhouettes of heads.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260316_SD_034_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A concrete structure etched with various designs, including the silhouettes of heads.\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Photo Allen Chen\/@_h_studio\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tInside the oculus, one can find images and textual references to the Grim Sleeper, a serial killer who targeted Black women between the 1980s and the 2000s. The focus on women is common for Halsey, whose column-like sculptures shown at the 2024 Venice Biennale paid homage to her grandmother, as well as female activists and artists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF3053_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A circular concrete object planted in the ground near plants.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCF3053_high-res.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A circular concrete object planted in the ground near plants.\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Photo Allen Chen\/@_h_studio\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \"><em>sister dreamer<\/em> will be activated by programming organized by the Broad museum and Halsey\u2019s own nonprofit, Summaeverythang. While the installation is only temporarily sited here for now, it is likely to relocate to a permanent space next year, according to the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/list\/art-news\/news\/lauren-halsey-la-sculpture-park-south-central-1234778115\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260313_SD0054_high-res.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Almost two decades ago, while she was an architecture student at El Camino College, Lauren Halsey began conceiving a sculpture park for South Central, the Los Angeles neighborhood where she grew up. At long last, that sculpture park has finally arrived and is now open to the public. Curated by Christine Y. 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