Made in L.A. 2025

Animated by its inimitable residents and cacophonous disorder, Los Angeles is brought to life through interventions by 27 emerging and under-recognized local artists

The Made in L.A. biennial highlights the practices of artists working throughout the greater Los Angeles area, with an emphasis on emerging and under-recognized artists. The catalog for the seventh iteration, Made in L.A. 2025, includes curatorial essays and commissioned texts focusing on each of the 27 featured artists, spanning generations and working across a wide range of mediums. Featured works include a presentation by John Knight, architectural explorations by Hood Century Modern founder Jerald Cooper and a stage production by Leila Weinraub with avant-garde duo New Theater Hollywood (Max Pitegoff and Calla Henkel). In the spirit of the exhibition, the book embraces writers' voices from a broad range of disciplines. Among the contributions are interviews, critical essays and experimental writing exercises, all centered on and influenced by Los Angeles.

This book was published in association with Hammer Museum.

Essence Harden is the co-curator of Made in LA, 2025, at The Hammer Museum and Curator of the Focus section for Frieze LA, 2024 and 2025. Essence has curated exhibitions at the California African American Museum (CAAM), The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), Art + Practice, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), and Oakland Museum of California, amongst others.

Paulina Pobocha is the Robert Soros Senior Curator at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and formerly Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York

• Publisher: Delmonico Books
  
• Publish Date: October 28, 2025
  
• Pages: 320
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Paperback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9781636811697
  
• BISAC Categories: Arts, Fashion, Personal Style, Culture, Photography