Editor’s note: This post was updated to replace the featured art due to safety concerns from the subject. Hirad Sab used ten-dollar hardware to holographically render faces on a gallery wall. Read more...

Photo: Hirad Sab’s solo exhibition features his recent work titled “Disfigure Refigure,” an installation hosted in Broad Art Center. The graduate student’s exhibition opened Tuesday and ends Thursday. “Disfigure Refigure” is constructed from laser-cut acrylic sheets and is shaped like a cube, hanging from the ceiling by metal cords. The sheets are laid on top of one another and together form a layered image of a human head. Sab said he wanted to make the head shape as ambiguous as possible. (Courtesy of Hirad Sab)

Alumnus Brian Poli-Dixon spent his UCLA career balancing collegiate football and art. Poli-Dixon’s current collection of paintings, titled “Genius,” was unveiled April 14 at the Artworld Fine Art gallery. Read more...

Photo: Brian Poli-Dixon, a UCLA alumnus, created a collection of paintings titled “Genius,” which was unveiled at the Artworld Fine Art gallery on April 14. Poli-Dixon has always been interested in art, he said, even throughout his football career. He played for UCLA’s football team during his time on campus and as a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Chargers. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)