Friday, December 13, 2013

Extra Event No.1: Hammer Museum

Two weeks ago, my friend and I went to Hammer museum together as the fourth event for our DESMA class. Hammer museum is located in Westwood, 15 minutes by foot from our school. Despite the close distance and the fair interest I had in visiting museums, it is a fact that I have never been to Hammer before! Maybe I thought it is too close and too easy, but for whatever reason, I'm here!
walls at entrance
The wall at the gate is surprising, setting the tone of modernity and animated atmosphere throughout the museum. By arranging simple graphs and lines and assigning various colors, a beautiful picture is created. The application of symmetry and parallel lines are obvious on this three walls, the beauty of math and art is fully appreciated in this artwork.
Flash Talk by Erik Vilain
We attended Flash Talk given by Dr. Erik Vilain on Forrest Bess. Since we were not allowed to take the picture inside, this is the only picture I can post here. The professor of Human Genetics and Director of the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA gave a seminar about intersexuality and the genetics of gender identity. Some stories he gave about his conversation with his patients really opened my vision in this mystery field. Although hard to empathy their real feelings, but replace my position with them also evoke the pain as a minority in the society.


Mark Leckey, On Pleasure Bent
 Later we went to the showroom of Mark Leckey On Pleasure Bent, since we were not allowed to take pictures again...TvT...I can only find some artworks by Mr. Leckey online. From his exhibition, we saw how technology shapes desire. In a dark room with multimedia including pictures, videos, sculptures. The picture below I found online is one of the exhibition I saw in the showroom, named transfiguration. The inconsistency of cloth and old man with an awkward position represented the problem we met when technology met with our culture.
Transfiguration (working title), 2013. Mixed media. 51 3/16 x 39 3/8 in. (130 x 100 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise. © Mark Leckey

I would recommend all UCLA students (not only our class!) to take a look at Hammer museum, although not as famous as those large one like Getty or LACMA, there are still some exciting artworks to be appreciated.

Work Cited
Frank, Priscilla. "Mark Leckey's 'On Pleasure Bent' Explores How Technology Shapes Desire (PHOTOS)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 15 Aug. 2013. Web. 13 Dec. 2013. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/mark-leckey_n_3750245.html>.
Leckey, Mark. "Mark Leckey: On Pleasure Bent - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum." Mark Leckey: On Pleasure Bent - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum. Hammer, 2013. Web. 13 Dec. 2013. <http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/240>.
"The UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics." The UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics Eric Vilain Director Comments. UCLA, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2013. <http://socgen.ucla.edu/people/eric-vilain/>.
"Mark Leckey." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 July 2013. Web. 13 Dec. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Leckey>.

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