David Müller, Berlin february 2026.
DK
David Müller (f. Kragh-Müller, 1977) er en autodidakt dansk visuel kunstner og lyddesigner/komponist der mest arbejder med syntesen mellem fotografi, collage og maleri.
David Müller (f. Kragh-Müller, 1977) er en autodidakt dansk visuel kunstner og lyddesigner/komponist der mest arbejder med syntesen mellem fotografi, collage og maleri.
Født ind i den kolde krig, i et kommunistisk kollektiv med forfattere, journalister, fotografer, skuespillere og musikere, blev han hurtigt påvirket af den politiske atmosfære og sammenspillet med kunsten.
Han lærte tidligt om Bertolt Brecht, Dario Fo og Günther Grass, og disses værker og ånd har fulgt ham gennem livet.
Op gennem 80’erne og de tidlige 90’ere blev han ‘opdraget’ i samtidskunst med årlige besøg på Louisiana. Hans farmor, der var arkitekt og amatørmaler, mente at kunsten var en vigtig del af den menneskelige udvikling, og han opfatter i dag denne tidlige introduktion til kunsten, for hans subformelle kunstuddannelse. Han så Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe, og New Yorks kunst scenes seksuelle mangfoldighed som de repræsenterede, normaliserede disse begreber og personlige udtryksformer, og lærte ham om ‘mangfoldighed’ længe før det blev mainstream.
Tilbagevendende temaer i hans kunst er ofte menneskets indre konflikter, samt ‘tid’ som mysterie, og som en konstant afsked.
Op gennem 90’erne var han en del af en performancegruppe, der opførte såkaldte ‘site specifik’ forestillinger på ukonventionelle steder, blandt andet en bilkirkegård, på en skulptur af Robert Jacobsen og på Odense Havn. I 1995 blev gruppen hyret af musikgruppen U2, til at performe til deres (altid) politiske intro forestilling, som blev skabt af en anden Irsk performancegruppe.
Nysgerrighed på verden omkring sig har ført ham vidt omkring, og han har blandt andet studeret ved, og rejst med den internationalt anerkendte indiske percussionist Trilok Gurtu, spillet med den verdenskendte trompetist Palle Mikkelborg og været kurator på performance teatret Hotel pro Forma med den karismatiske leder Kirsten Dehlholm.
I 00erne havde han galleriet ax12, hvis kompromisløse tilgang til kunst blev fremhævet i tidsskriftet Ny Dansk Kunst 2005. Som kurator var han med til at profilere nye danske kunstnere som Maria Torp, Mette Geisler og Anika Lori (MAM) Søren Dahlgaard, Søren Thilo Funder, Theis Wendt, Hesselager & Mejlvang, Colonel m.fl. Galleriet arrangerede også internationale koncerter i samarbejde med musikforlaget Escho.
Som kunstner har David Müller ændret udtryk og medier flere gange, han har opført en lang række koncerter, lydinstallationer samt haft en række udstillinger.
Modtager af arbejdslegater fra Statens Kunstfond.
EN.
David Müller (born Kragh-Müller, 1977) is a self-taught Danish visual artist and sound designer/composer who works mostly with the synthesis of photography, collage and painting.
Born into the Cold War, in a communist collective with writers, journalists, photographers, actors and musicians, he was quickly influenced by the political atmosphere and the interplay with art. He learned about Bertolt Brecht, Dario Fo and Günther Grass early on, and their works and spirit have followed him throughout his life.
Throughout the 80s and early 90s, he was ‘educated’ in contemporary art with annual visits to Louisiana museum of modern art. His grandmother, who was an architect and amateur painter, believed that art was an important part of human development, and today he sees this early introduction to art as his subformal art education. He saw Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the sexual diversity of the ‘New York’ art scene they represented, normalized these concepts and personal expressions, and taught him about ‘diversity’ long before it became mainstream.
Recurring themes in his art are often human inner conflicts, as well as ‘time’ as mystery, and as a constant farewell.
Throughout the 90s he was part of a performance group that performed so-called ‘site specific’ performances in unconventional places, including a car cemetery, on a sculpture by Robert Jacobsen and the Odense Harbour. In 1995 the group was hired by the music group U2 to perform for their (always) political intro performance created by another Irish performance group.
Curiosity about the world around him has taken him far and wide, and he has studied with, and traveled with the internationally acclaimed Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu, played with the world-renowned trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg and been curator at the performance theater Hotel pro Forma with the charismatic leader Kirsten Dehlholm.
In the 00s he had the gallery ax12, whose uncompromising approach to art was highlighted in the magazine Ny Dansk Kunst 2005. As a curator he helped profile new Danish artists such as Maria Torp, Mette Geisler and Anika Lori (MAM) Søren Dahlgaard, Søren Thilo Funder, Theis Wendt, Hesselager & Mejlvang, Colonel and others. The gallery also arranged international concerts in collaboration with the music publisher Escho.
David Müller (born Kragh-Müller, 1977) is a self-taught Danish visual artist and sound designer/composer who works mostly with the synthesis of photography, collage and painting.
Born into the Cold War, in a communist collective with writers, journalists, photographers, actors and musicians, he was quickly influenced by the political atmosphere and the interplay with art. He learned about Bertolt Brecht, Dario Fo and Günther Grass early on, and their works and spirit have followed him throughout his life.
Throughout the 80s and early 90s, he was ‘educated’ in contemporary art with annual visits to Louisiana museum of modern art. His grandmother, who was an architect and amateur painter, believed that art was an important part of human development, and today he sees this early introduction to art as his subformal art education. He saw Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe, and the sexual diversity of the ‘New York’ art scene they represented, normalized these concepts and personal expressions, and taught him about ‘diversity’ long before it became mainstream.
Recurring themes in his art are often human inner conflicts, as well as ‘time’ as mystery, and as a constant farewell.
Throughout the 90s he was part of a performance group that performed so-called ‘site specific’ performances in unconventional places, including a car cemetery, on a sculpture by Robert Jacobsen and the Odense Harbour. In 1995 the group was hired by the music group U2 to perform for their (always) political intro performance created by another Irish performance group.
Curiosity about the world around him has taken him far and wide, and he has studied with, and traveled with the internationally acclaimed Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu, played with the world-renowned trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg and been curator at the performance theater Hotel pro Forma with the charismatic leader Kirsten Dehlholm.
In the 00s he had the gallery ax12, whose uncompromising approach to art was highlighted in the magazine Ny Dansk Kunst 2005. As a curator he helped profile new Danish artists such as Maria Torp, Mette Geisler and Anika Lori (MAM) Søren Dahlgaard, Søren Thilo Funder, Theis Wendt, Hesselager & Mejlvang, Colonel and others. The gallery also arranged international concerts in collaboration with the music publisher Escho.
(https://politiken.dk/kultur/art4864475/Gallerier-skyder-op-i-hele-byen)
As an artist, David Müller has changed his expression and media several times, he has performed a large number of concerts, sound installations and had a number of exhibitions. Recipient of working grants from the Danish Arts Foundation.
As an artist, David Müller has changed his expression and media several times, he has performed a large number of concerts, sound installations and had a number of exhibitions. Recipient of working grants from the Danish Arts Foundation.