Speaker Series: Monuments: Overview of an Exhibition, Hamza Walker

Join and attend this virtual presentation with a discussion with Hamza Walker, director of LAXART, a Los Angeles-based alternative space. Walker will discuss MONUMENTS, an exhibition being co-organized by LAXART and LA MOCA that will open in fall 2023. The exhibition will feature decommissioned monuments shown alongside contemporary art, many of which will be commissioned for the exhibition. Walker will discuss artists’ responses to the monuments and their related themes.

Background on Hazma Walker: The Director of LAXART, an independent nonprofit art space in Los Angeles. From 1994–2016, he was the Director of Education and Associate Curator at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, a non-collecting museum devoted to contemporary art, many of which will be commissioned for the exhibition. Walker will discuss artists’ responses to the monuments and their related themes. Recently, Walker was a juror for the Venice Biennale’s prestigious Golden Lion award. In February 2019, Walker curated the talks and programs at the first edition of Frieze Los Angeles. In 2018 he curated Sperm Cult and Sol LeWitt, Page Works 1967 – 2007, an exhibition of works LeWitt made specifically for reproduction in magazines, journals and books.

Be sure to attend this presentation to learn more about his work and the exhibition!