Fowler Museum exhibition features UCLA alumnus’ work with fibers
The Daily Bruin provides a look at the work of James Bassler and his history with UCLA
UCLA alumnus and former World Arts and Cultures faculty member James Bassler is among 36 artists who contributed to the Fowler Museum’s “The Box Project: Uncommon Threads” on view through Jan. 15.
"Weaving was considered feminine when James Bassler first secretly worked with fiber in helping his father hook rugs in the 1930s.
In the privacy of the family home, 6-year-old Bassler watched his father, a major league baseball player, trade his catcher’s mitt for strips of dyed silk.
Bassler, a UCLA alumnus and previous faculty member, is among 36 artists who contributed to the Fowler Museum’s “The Box Project: Uncommon Threads.” The exhibition, which will be open from Sept. 11 to Jan. 15, explores the use of fibers, such as thread, silk cocoon and tree root, in art. The exhibit is the cumulative result of Bassler’s history with fiber, beginning as a passion practiced in secret, then becoming a craft he taught UCLA students and resulting in work proudly displayed at the Fowler, he said."— Ruhee Patel, Sep. 27
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