{"product_id":"lauren-halsey-emajendat-9780847847815","title":"Lauren Halsey: Emajendat","description":"\u003cb\u003eInspired by the South Central Los Angeles neighborhood that the artist and her family have lived in for generations, Halsey's expansive practice teems with the signs and symbols that populate that urban landscape and celebrates the community's vitality and a creative form of resistance to advancing gentrification and the threat of erasure.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe artist's important work centers the on Black community, both aesthetically and materially.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHalsey gathers icons of pride, autonomy, initiative, and resilience from local vernacular sources recontextualizing and reinterpreting them for her utopic fantasies of the city. Both celebrating Black cultural expressions and archiving them, her work--which includes wall works, massive multiroom installations, and immersive outdoor environments--is a potent reminder of the importance of community and home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond the signs and symbols of contemporary South Central, Halsey employs the iconography of ancient Egypt as a means to reclaim lost legacies, drawing inspiration from Afrofuturism--a transcultural movement blending science fiction with aspects of Black art and culture--and the utopian architecture proposed in the 1960s by Archigram and Superstudio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Los Angeles in 1987, \u003cb\u003eLauren Halsey\u003c\/b\u003e has been the subject of solo exhibitions and has been featured in group exhibitions around the world. \u003cb\u003eHans Ulrich Obrist\u003c\/b\u003e is the artistic director of the Serpentine, London. \u003cb\u003eLizzie Carey-Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is chief curator of the Serpentine, London. \u003cb\u003eBettina Korek\u003c\/b\u003e is CEO of the Serpentine, London. \u003cb\u003eDr. LeRonn P. Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e is associate curator at the Getty Research Institute. \u003cb\u003eHarmony Holiday\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, dancer, and experimental filmmaker. \u003cb\u003eWill Alexander \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, novelist, playwright, artist, pianist, and philosopher. \u003cb\u003eDouglas Kearney\u003c\/b\u003e is an interdisciplinary writer, librettist, poet, and performer. \u003cb\u003eGeorge Clinton\u003c\/b\u003e revolutionized music and performance through the pioneering work of Parliament-Funkadelic.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli Electa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900577354002,"sku":"9780847847815","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5eacec6f-a54e-468a-9ce7-57ee8a5e1a48.jpg?v=1738387378","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lauren-halsey-emajendat-9780847847815","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}