Through her work composing multidimensional pieces of recycled objects, Betye Saar, an L.A. artist and UCLA alumna, is heralded by the Museum of Contemporary Art as one of today’s greatest assemblage artists. Read more...
Photo: Betye Saar, an 87-year-old UCLA alumna, will present her lecture, “Fade: The Art of Aging,” at the Hammer Museum on Thursday. (Courtesy of Roberts & Tilton)
Donating money, collecting clothes or participating in buy-one-give-one programs are common ways to support people living in developing communities. Enrou has a more sustainable method in mind. Read more...
Photo: Enrou, a startup company participating in the 2014 Startup Rivalry: UCLA v. USC contest, was founded last year by UCLA alumnae Jessica Willison (left) and Ann Wang. Their business aims to support people living in developing communities through the sale of clothes, fashion accessories and home decor. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)
For nearly four months after their graduation, UCLA alumni Satoru Yamamoto and Kevin Moultrie devoted long hours to writing songs on a grand piano in their shabby downtown Los Angeles loft and totraveling back to Westwood for practice sessions at the Treehouse on a weekly basis. Read more...
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Heartbreak has given us Beck back. It’s been six years since 2008’s “Modern Guilt,” the singer-songwriter’s last proper studio album (at least in the eyes of those reluctant to consider 2012’s “Song Reader” sheet music release a valid form of an album), but the hiatus hasn’t changed him much. Read more...
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Students with smartphones are likely to be familiar with QR codes, but one UCLA artist has tried a new approach to this technological symbol by transforming the code into a work of art. Read more...
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Picture an inverted pyramid. The top starts off broad and incorporates new musical styles. Then, the layers slim down to a single point, pulling away newer techniques and leaving only the raw core of a pop-rock band. Read more...
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During his brief cameo in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1965 ultra-cool masterpiece “Pierrot le Fou,” Hollywood renegade Samuel Fuller famously said, “Film is like a battleground. Love. Hate. Read more...
Photo: Jean-Luc Godard’s “Pierrot le Fou” is a pop-art film from the 1960s. A crime story of double-crossing and romance, the French classic will be playing at the Aero Theatre on Thursday. (Courtesy of Rialto Pictures)
