Personal reflection and contemporary conversation inspired 19 art students to give a physical form to societal debates. Bennett Simpson, the senior curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art, chose works from a pool of nearly 100 applicants for the UCLA Department of Art’s annual undergraduate exhibition. Read more...

Photo: Jack Garell, a second-year art student, sat next to a photo of himself wrapped in a plastic poncho and sitting on a couch. His piece is part of a series entitled “Plastic People,” which he said comments on the everyday use of plastic. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)

Thinking outside the box, Dalena Tran will place her audience inside one, she said. Tran, a graduate student, said the idea of framing – or putting things into focus – is at the center of her solo art exhibition, titled “mornal : stasis – slowing down a mis-ordering of normal.” The exhibition will be open Tuesday and Wednesday at UCLA’s Broad Art Center. Read more...

Photo: Dalena Tran, a graduate student, will present her art exhibition, “mornal : stasis – slowing down a mis-ordering of normal,” at the Broad Art Center. It consists of projections of scenery on three different walls. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin)