While I was at the conference at UCLA, I took a break to see what they had at the Fowler Museum, UCLA's little cultural museum. This museum, though small (usually only 4 small exhibits) can sometims have real gems. One time they had the Treasures of Sipan, the only American museum to have this spectacular exhibit of Peruvian artifacts. It was compared to the Treasures of Tutankhamen...and rightly so.

Nothing that spectacular is on display right now at the Fowler, but there is one exhibit that we quite loved. It was an exhibit of art by West African artist El Anatsui using, quite simply, garbage to make beautiful tapestry-like pieces.

(image from Artifacts Net)

For more images, take the photo tour from the Fowler Museum website (if the link works! If not go to their website through the link above).

His stuff is amazing and is made from things like the bits of metal that are used to seal liquor bottles (which are non-recyclable, so El Anatsui recycles them into art!).
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