Event 2- Hammer Museum

For our second event, I decided to visit the Hammer Museum.  I had never been before, and since it is so close to campus, I decided to check it out.  My favorite exhibit was by Oliver Payne and Keiichi Tanaami.  







This exhibit contained a series of Japanese paintings that were inspired from “bullet hell” arcade games.  Both of these artists combined their individualistic styles to create fantasy style artwork.   This has relations to the Japanese pop art movement that happened in the 1960s and influenced post war Japan.  This exhibit was meant to contribute to the international pop movement through its expansive social and philosophical notions portrayed through the video game characteristics. 

This was the first time these artists have collaborated, and it created something very unique and intriguing.  Tanaami sketches the first design.  Payne then adds the bullet hell arcade like features and stickers.  They bring these two parts together and estimate the visual logic of video games to create their pieces. 

This art exhibit related to the art and technology unit in class.  These artists are taking a technological invention and merging it with their paintings.  Because there is so much going on in each painting, you really have to observe each one to realize what the artists were trying to embody.  Each painting seems to represent a villain, and while they are all similar, each one is truly different. 









I definitely recommend this museum to any UCLA student, as it is so close to campus.  It is also free, so it is a fun activity to do when you are not looking to spend money.  There are many exhibits and you are guaranteed to love at least one.  




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