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Two young, cartoon-like figures stand against a sky abundant with pyramids and planetary constellations. This panel belongs to a larger effort Lauren Halsey titled The Crenshaw District Hieroglyph Project. She created it as an architectural prototype for a structure she hopes to build to honor her community in South Central Los Angeles. Made of plywood and gypsum, a mineral that she notes was used for constructing major structures for thousands of years, including the pyramids of Ancient Egypt, these panels are decorated with reinterpretations of ancient hieroglyphic writing as well as local signs and portraits of loved ones.
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Untitled
Lauren Halsey (American, born in 1987)
2021
Medium/Technique
Hand-carved gypsum on wood
Dimensions
Overall: 61.3 × 60.6 × 3.8 cm (24 1/8 × 23 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by the Ford Foundation
Accession Number2021.336
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Relief
Two young, cartoon-like figures stand against a sky abundant with pyramids and planetary constellations. This panel belongs to a larger effort Lauren Halsey titled The Crenshaw District Hieroglyph Project. She created it as an architectural prototype for a structure she hopes to build to honor her community in South Central Los Angeles. Made of plywood and gypsum, a mineral that she notes was used for constructing major structures for thousands of years, including the pyramids of Ancient Egypt, these panels are decorated with reinterpretations of ancient hieroglyphic writing as well as local signs and portraits of loved ones.
Provenance2021, sold by David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 2021)