Dave Muller
onetwothreefourtwothreefourthreefourfour, 2008
Acrylic on paper
10 parts: 108 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches each, framed
108 1/2 x 156 1/2 inches overall
Forget the Past, 2008
Acrylic on paper
94 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches, framed
one and two (from three), 2008
Acrylic on paper
2 parts: 94 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches each, framed
100 1/2 x 78 1/2 inches overall
Black & White (and Grey), 2008
Acrylic on paper
94 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches, framed
Prayers: Extended (medium), 2008
Acrylic on paper
3 parts:
39 1/2 x 96 1/2 inches, framed
39 1/2 x 120 1/2 inches, framed
38 1/2 x 110 1/2 inches, framed
134 x 123 inches overall
Constellation #1 (with flares), 2008
Acrylic on paper
58 1/2 x 158 1/2 inches, framed
Constellation #2, 2008
Ink on paper
9 1/4 x 30 3/4 inches, framed
PRESS RELEASE
Dave Muller: medium medium medium medium medium medium
24 June – 1 August 2008
Opening reception: Friday, 20 June, 6 to 8 pm
Anthony Meier Fine Arts is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles artist Dave Muller. Exhibiting at the gallery for the second time, Muller’s show consists of works on paper on a grand scale.
The exhibition centers on six forms of musical recording media: cassette tapes, compact disks, an iPod, record albums, reel to reel tapes and 8-track cassettes.
Music invokes a visceral response from the listener. Nostalgia, memory, the passage of time both general and specific – music encompasses these transient elements and makes them tangible. Muller’s work embraces these aspects of music and, through documentation of its packaging, infuses the subject with questions of evolution, human manipulation, sociology and politics.