Courtesy of the Artist, Lauren Halsey
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Deets: American artist Lauren Halsey (b. 1987, Los Angeles) has been commissioned to create a site-specific installation for The Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Halsey will create a full-scale architectural structure imbued with the collective energy and imagination of the South Central Los Angeles Community where she was born and continues to work. Titled the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I), the installation is designed to be inhabited by The Met’s visitors, who will be able to explore its connections to sources as varied as ancient Egyptian symbolism, 1960s utopian architecture, and contemporary visual expressions like tagging that reflect the ways in which people aspire to make public places their own.
Hint for the Average Socialite: The Cantor Rooftop Garden at The MET reopens on Tuesday, April 18. The bar reopens Thursday, May 18. Open Sunday-Tuesday from 11AM-4:15PM and Friday and Saturday from 11AM-8:15PM.
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