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Event 5- African Print Fashion Now!

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This exhibit was at the Fowler Museum on UCLA’s campus and it was speaking my kind of language. It was a room full of fashion, color and clothes. These were not your average clothes. They were very extravagant with unique patterns and very colorful. These bold clothes are home to Africa fashion. While the clothes themselves were made in Europe, the design stays true to its roots. Different countries in Africa have different styles, but each piece of clothing is made my hand and personalized. These African ensembles consist of wrap skirts, head dresses, ruffles, jewelry, handbags and shoes. African fashion has always been very distinct but in the past decade it has gone international. Many African fashion designers are bringing their bright colors and bold design to runways all over the world. (Courtesy of: Jordan Anderson)                                                                            (Courtesy of: Jordan Anderson)             Each culture and nation had a differ
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Event 4- Judith Hopf

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            This exhibit was at the hammer museum and was set up in a very interesting way. Like the Oleson exhibit it just looked like the storage room where things were misplacing on the floor, random wires coming out from the ground and ropes hanging from the ceiling. The room had strange paintings on the walls, random sculptures made from brick on the ground, a TV that played a video of a country field and ropes hanging from the ceiling with the same ropes coming up from the ground across the room. Once I read the banner explaining Hopf’s history as an artist, the structure and the art itself made more sense. (Courtesy of: Jordan Anderson)                                                            (Courtesy of: Jordan Anderson)             Hopf’s art work always has a distinct sense of humor yet are challenging with a political and economic underlying context. She loves to sculpt and her sculptures are often made from simple materials you can find at a hardware store. In
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