Event Blog #1: First Visit to the Hammer Museum!

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For my first event, I decided to visit the Hammer Museum because I've never been there and I've always wanted to, considering it's so close to UCLA! I even decided to take my best friend Lisa along with me so that I could get a different perspective on the art that I would see, which made the experience even more fun! The first exhibit we visited was the French artist Cyprien Gaillard's exhibit in which we saw his series Gates, which was made up of different manhole covers, as shown in the photo below. The different manhole covers helped me to understand the relationship between industrialization and its influence in art, which is a topic we covered in week two. This also helped inspire me to base my final project on this relationship of industrialization and art.

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this is the pamphlet I received for the Cyprien Gaillard exhibit 

The next exhibit that we visited was the Quincy Jones exhibit, which was my favorite for the day. Quincy Jones was a successful architecture who was known for the intricate designs that he put into his buildings. This exhibit opened my eyes to the world of creativity that opens up due to the relationship of science and art! This world of creativity is seen in Jones' work, as shown in the photos I took below because his drawings and sketches of the buildings he was going to make was an artwork of their own. However, he used science and mathematics in order to make these drawings turn into real life. I really admire Jones' work because it is so unique and innovative. 

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My visit to the Hammer museum was a very memorable and enjoyable one, especially because it was exciting to see pieces of art that I could use to better understand what I have been learning in this course. I would recommend everyone to go to the Hammer museum, not just for better understanding and interpretation of the topics covered in this course, but for leisure as well! It is a very peaceful environment and you can just walk around and enjoy the beautiful sights that surround you. 

Citations:

• "A. Quincy Jones - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum." A. Quincy Jones - Exhibitions - Hammer Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2013.
• "Encore Performance: The Gary Cooper House - Page 2." Eichler Network: Home of CA-Modern Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2013. <http://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/encore-performance-gary-cooper-house?page=0,1>.
• "Hammer Museum." Hammer Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2013. <http://hammer.ucla.edu/>.
• "Hammer Museum Los Angeles." Pictify. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2013. <http://pictify.com/user/HammerMuseum>.
• "Your Post Has Been Published." Artsy. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2013. <http://artsy.net/post/daniellerago-cyprien-gaillard-uncovers-la>.