"SPACE IS THE PLACE" at the Hammer
Fred Eversley, untitled (cylindrical lens), 2024. Hammer Museum, gift of Sean and Alexandra Parker The Hammer Museum's latest installation of its contemporary collection is "SPACE IS THE PLACE." The all-caps title references the 1973 Sun Ra album, and most of the works might be called Afrofuturism-adjacent. A parabolic lens by rocket scientist-turned-sculptor Fred Eversley is one of the artist's last works, and the only one of its kind in an L.A. institution. It coanchors a pink moment with an untitled Lauren Halsey in faux-hair extensions. Lauren Halsey, untitled, 2020. Collection of Jarl and Pamela Mohn, promised gift to the Mohn Art Collective (Hammer, LACMA, MOCA) Koshin Finley, Hummingbird , 2024. Hammer Museum, purchased through Board of Advisors Acquisition Fund "SPACE IS THE PLACE" skews towards the work of Black artists working in Los Angeles, famous and emerging, with most of the pieces on view for the first time. Primarily a painter, Koshin Finle...
