LA Artist Dave Muller to create musically-inspired gallery installation in Hollywood – Knight Foundation
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LA Artist Dave Muller to create musically-inspired gallery installation in Hollywood

By Michelle Weinberg, Art and Culture Center 

Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 5, Los Angeles-based artist/DJ/record collector Dave Mullerwill be in residence for 13 days at the Art and Culture Center in Hollywood’s main gallery to create the colorful, mixed-media installation, Rock ’n’ Old, which incorporates site-specific murals, recorded music, and a new painting based on a top-10 album list provided to the artist by Miami resident and rock legend Iggy Pop, and other selected works.

On Friday, Nov. 14, the Center kicks off a Three-Day Weekend with Muller, who will DJ music from his collection at a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Rock ’n’ Old merges wall murals that wrap around the gallery, large-scale paintings, three-dimensional works, and six listening stations into an multi-sensory installation created on site by the artist based on the rise of rock ’n’ roll as a musical genre. The exhibition is funded in part by a FAB! Knight New Work Award from Funding Arts Broward and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Day Two of this special weekend event features a meet-and-greet and artist’s talk with Muller on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Center. Guests are invited to bring their own top 10 album lists to post in a Center gallery, and other music-related items to share and compare!

On Sunday, Nov. 16, the Center’s Free Admission Day, Muller will create free buttons for all visitors from noon to 2 p.m. Bring in photos, drawings, or anything on paper that can be made into a button by the internationally renowned artist. Members of FUN – Florida Ukulele Network of Hollywood – will perform hard-rocking sounds of ukulele music in the main gallery.

Also exhibiting in the Center’s galleries are Miami-based artist Bhakti Baxter, a top 10 pick in the Miami Herald’s 2014-15 Season of the Arts; legendary local DJ Michael Dean (aka dj yard), who will curate a pop-up record store; and Los Angeles-based Annie Buckley. These exhibitions are on display at the Center from Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 through Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. During the Three Day Weekend, Dean will sell music-related merchandise, and Buckley will perform free Tarot card readings.

The Center is located at 1650 Harrison St. in Hollywood, FL. Call 954.921.3274 or visit ArtAndCultureCenter.org for gallery hours, prices, and more information.

Rock ‘n’ Old is funded in part by a FAB! Knight New Work Award from Funding Arts Broward and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported in part by its members, admissions, private entities, individuals, the City of Hollywood, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and The Kresge Foundation. We welcome donations from all members of the community who wish to support our work.

Dave Muller, Muller Family Car Listening Stack (From Frances Down to Dave), 2011, Acrylic on paper, 3 parts, 38 1/2 x 92 1/2 inches each framed, installed dimension variable, Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.