The third event I attended was here on campus at Fowler Museum. Out of my four years at UCLA, this was actually the first time I visited the museum, and it was surprising to know that there is such high quality art that is accessible to all students but most people are unaware of. When I visited Fowler, there were only a few other people there, so I was able to walk through the exhibit without disturbance or having to wait for others to observe a piece.
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| Dress made out of tampons |
If you were to ask me to think of an idea for abstract, interdisciplinary art, this exhibit would probably be close to something I'd imagine: things made out of unexpected things and body parts lying around. Making Strange: Gagawaka & Postmortem are two different bodies of work by multimedia artist Vivian Sundaram. Gagawaka consisted of pieces of garments made from medical supplies and recycled objects. The idea of creating fashion items from trash, essentially, was fascinating and a demonstration of a collaboration between unexpected partners, or a combination of two cultures you could say.
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| Spine, 2013 |
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| Triangular Shelf, 2013 |
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| Surgery Doll in Black Tights, 2013 |
While in the spotlight was on the clothes the mannequins were wearing in Gagawaka, in Postmortem, the spotlight shifted to the actual mannequins. Or the concept of the human body that the mannequins represented. The Postmortem exhibit especially caught my attention because of its focus on the relationship between medicine and art. As a physiological science major, seeing torsos, arms, heads, and decapitated bodies stuck to walls and rearranged provided a thought provoking view of our fragility as well as the perception of our physical entities.
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| Proof of attendance selfie |
This was well-displayed concept art. Go take a look.
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