"Made in L.A. 2025"
Alake Shilling, I had a long day please bring me a snack , 2025 "Made in L.A. 2025" has no subtitle. Viewers are mostly left to draw their own connections between the 28 artists and collectives in this year's Hammer biennial, aided by some references to Mike Davis, the January wildfires, and "a determination to safeguard history and place." This "Made in L.A." is a little smaller than some of its six predecessors, which is not necessarily a bad thing, and has no shortage of surprises. Essence Harding and Paulina Pobocha curated, with the assistance of Jennifer Buonocore-Nedrelow. Drivers on Wilshire have already seen Alake Shilling's cartoon inflatable for the sculpture terrace. Shilling primarily works in gritty painted ceramics that revisit early animated films and explore the borderland between cute and monstrous. Alake Shilling, Buggy Bear Crashes Made in L.A. , 2025 Patrick Martinez, Battle of the City on Fire , 2025 Patrick Martinez's ...
