Don't Miss: Winter 2018
Seven UCLA Arts events that you don't want to miss this winter
A destination for the arts, UCLA Arts provides opportunities for the public to experience the full depth and diversity of the institution's activities and creative programming. Don’t miss your chance to engage with the next generation of cultural leaders. Read on for this winter's highlights, and visit our calendar for the season’s complete listing.
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: UCLA Department of Art Lecture
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Saydnaya (ray traces), (detail). Inkjet prints on acetate sheets on overhead projectors. Courtesy of the artist and Maureen Paley, London © Lawrence Abu Hamdan.
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: UCLA Department of Art Lecture
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Hammer Museum
Free
Artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s interest in sound and its intersection with politics originates from his background as a musician and facilitator of DIY music. Currently on view at the Hammer, his work has been shown at Kunsthalle St Gallen, Switzerland; the Showroom, London; and Casco, Utrecht, the Netherlands, and is part of the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Guggenheim, New York; the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Tate, London.
This, Not That Lecture: Sarah Whiting
El House, WW Architecture.
This, Not That Lecture: Sarah Whiting
Monday, Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m.
Perloff Hall, Decafe
Free
Sarah Whiting is a design principal with WW Architecture in Houston and dean and William Ward Watkin professor at the Rice School of Architecture. Presented by the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, the This, Not That lecture series invites thought-provoking speakers to present arguments for their respective positions, or ideological stances, toward the design of the built environment. Presentations of their creative efforts in research, pedagogy or professional practice support their arguments. This series stages an ongoing debate around the shifting perspectives that frame creative practice.
UC Regents Lecture: Toshio Iwai
Photo Credit: Erkki Huhtamo.
UC Regents Lecture: Toshio Iwai
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m.
Broad Art Center, EDA (rm 1250)
Free
The UCLA Department of Design Media Arts presents a lecture by Japanese interactive media and installation artist Toshio Iwai. For about 45 years, ever since he was a boy, Toshio Iwai has been creating media art in any imaginable form. This lecture will introduce an exceptional career that covers both high tech and low tech, digital and analog, personal and collaborative work. To mention a few of the areas where he has been active, Iwai has created TV programs, game software, multimedia performances, musical instruments, media art installations, events, workshops, children’s books, etc. As the lecture will demonstrate, his varied interests are informed by a personal vision that began developing already in the artist’s childhood.
Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power
Meleko Mokgosi, Democratic Intuition, Bread, Butter, and Power (studio view), 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles.
Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power
Feb. 11–Jul. 1
Opening Celebration: Saturday, Feb. 10, 6–9 p.m.
Fowler Museum Hours: Wednesday, noon–8 p.m.; Thursday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m.
Fowler Museum
Free
The Fowler Museum at UCLA presents Meleko Mokgosi: Bread, Butter, and Power. This exhibition features the large-scale episodic painting cycle Bread, Butter, and Power, by UCLA Department of Art alumnus Meleko Mokgosi ’11, which forms the newest chapter in his ongoing series Democratic Intuition. This twenty-panel installation explores feminism in the context of southern Africa, and considers the consequences of dividing labor practices by gender. Join the artist for the opening night celebration on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
Feb. 15–Mar. 1
Thursday, Feb. 15, Juror Discussion in Gallery, 5–6 p.m., Opening Reception, 6–8 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m. –4:30 p.m.
New Wight Gallery
Free
The Department of Art presents its annual juried exhibition of work by UCLA Art undergraduate students. Lanka Tattersall, assistant curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) selects the work for the 2018 show. A gallery talk with the juror precedes the exhibition opening on Thursday, Feb. 15.
Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert and Vân-Ánh Võ: My Lai
Photo by Zoran Orlic.
Kronos Quartet, Rinde Eckert and Vân-Ánh Võ: My Lai
Mar. 9, 8 p.m.
Royce Hall
General public: $29–59; UCLA Students: $15; UCLA Faculty and Staff: $25
For more than 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagining the string quartet experience. Part of the CAP UCLA artist-in-residence program, Kronos’ adventurous approach dates back to the ensemble’s origins. In 1973, David Harrington was inspired to form Kronos after hearing George Crumb’s Black Angels, a highly unorthodox, Vietnam War—inspired work featuring bowed water glasses, spoken word passages and electronic effects. Kronos revisits the inspiration for the founding of the group with My Lai. The infamous 1968 massacre of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by American soldiers provides the context for this gripping new work written by composer Jonathan Berger and librettist Harriet Scott Chessman for the Kronos Quartet, tenor Rinde Eckert and Vietnamese multi—instrumentalist Vân—Ánh Võ. My Lai, which features traditional Vietnamese instruments and digitally processed sounds, is told from the perspective of the heroic helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who tried to stop the slaughter and was vilified for reporting it.
Culture Crossing
Culture Crossing 2017. Photo Credit: Dominique Nguyen for UCLA Arts.
Culture Crossing
Mar. 15, 6 p.m.
Glorya Kaufman Hall Dance Theater
Free
Culture Crossing is an end-of-quarter showcase of projects in which students and faculty show their creative work, which reflects the diversity and exemplary talents of the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. This quarter’s performance features work by Professors Cheng-Chieh Yu and Kyle Abraham.
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