Posts Tagged ‘Dave Muller’
Waxing poetic on The Record
The August issue of Wax Poetics — the record collectors’ bible — is hitting stands now. Inside is a six-page spread on the upcoming exhibition, “The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl” in which five artists from the show write about one of their favorite records.
Dave Muller: top of our list
The top ten list is something of a cliche. Billboard charts, FBI most wanted–you name it and there’s probably a top 10 list for it. For years, David Letterman has offered up his own goofy Top 10 List on the Late Show. A Google search even turns up a list of Top Ten Urinals.
But artist Dave Muller turns an ordinary top 10 list into gorgeous, monumental works on paper.
Inspiration, on display
By Wendy
We are all inspired by today’s special Museums section in The New York Times.
Especially page 20!
It’s not surprising that the photo editor chose the image above to represent our upcoming exhibition, a group show including work by 33 artists called “The Record: Contemporary Art & Vinyl,” opening Sept. 2. [...]
Mingering Mike’s dream
By Wendy
Mingering Mike is a mysterious guy.
He lived in an imaginary world in his bedroom in the 1970s, like a lot of teenagers. In Mingering Mike’s world, he was a famous R&B singer, producing dozens of albums.
He painstakingly created those albums out of cardboard and paper, drawing the covers and [...]
Warhol grant funds ‘The Record’
By Wendy
The Nasher Museum is benefiting yet again from the generosity of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The exhibition “Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids,” on view through Feb. 21, came together because of gifts of Warhol photographs from the foundation. And we recently learned that the foundation has [...]
We love vinyl
and we are so excited for the exhibition we’re putting together here at the Nasher next year. It’s called THE RECORD and is organized by Trevor Schoonmaker, our curator of contemporary art and will run from August 19, 2010, through February 6, 2011.
The Record will bring together artists from around [...]