On Saturday, September 13, the Shaker Museum|Mount Lebanon will hold its annual benefit in support of the Museum and its work. This year, our benefit gala will be held in honor of our upcoming exhibition of Dan Graham’s 1984 art video, Rock My Religion.
[private]In 1984, artist, curator and writer Dan Graham created Rock My Religion, a 55 minute art video presenting the history of the Shakers against the history of American rock music. Today, the Shaker Museum|Mount Lebanon is pleased to be showing this landmark work at the North Family historic site.
Rock My Religion draws a narrative line from Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shakers, through the development of rock and roll and finally to individual voices such as the iconic Patti Smith. Through its rough aesthetic and collage of text over imagery, Rock My Religion presents a provocative thesis on the Shakers’ place in culture, both past and contemporary, as well as the relationship between rock and religion.
The video portrays a long tradition in American music, worship and dance of transgression, defiance and a search for transcendence and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Rock My Religion will be exhibited in the 1854 Wash House during our operating hours through September 22. Admission is by donation at the Granary Visitor Center.
Courtesy of the Shaker Museum|Mount Lebanon.
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