Over the past decade, the avid collector, whose passion started with a bottle cap collection when he was five years old, gathered NASA-related memorabilia\u2014photographs, patches, declassified documents, vintage press clippings, and diagrams.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I started thinking about the show, I began to ask myself, \u2018What memories are out there? What memories can I look to?\u2019 Because that\u2019s such a big part of my practice,\u201d says the Miami Beach-based artist.<\/p>\n
There should also be a throughline, he decided, one with subtle shades of optimism. The idea soon began to take shape.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the seminal moment of the space program? Of course, man landing on the moon. But there was also that moment when John Glenn blasted off to become the first person to orbit the Earth. He did three revolutions, starting at sunset. In four hours and 55 minutes, he saw the sun set four times. When he came back, that was all he could talk about. He didn\u2019t care that he was the first guy to circle the Earth\u2014he just kept saying, \u2018You can\u2019t believe what that\u2019s like.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
It became the inspiration for the name of the show. As curator, Sypher says she worked with Scholl on the themes: \u201cLiftoff and ascent, orbit and observation, and re-entry and reflection. It is laid out to tell a story. Within each, there are those themes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Untitled (Kapton Foil), 2024, acquired objects. A small sculptural work arranged with a dodecagonal framework incorporating Kapton foil used on many missions to protect the capsule from overheating. <\/p>\n
With Scholl\u2019s background as a documentary filmmaker\u2014he\u2019s made 87 films and won more than 20 regional Emmy Awards\u2014Sypher says the exhibition unfolds much like a documentary. \u201cEach artwork acts as a single frame, incorporating both light and sound.\u201d In her essay about the exhibition, she writes: \u201cLike a skilled cinematographer, he draws the viewer in for a closer look, revealing the stories hidden within.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scholl again turns to the dodecagon, which Sypher notes not only frames the objects but \u201csuggests the passage of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Using the geometric shape as a structural element, Scholl intentionally draws on the associations with time, order, and continuity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an orbital type of idea. Something that goes around and around. It\u2019s mostly about time, right? Hours on a clock, months in a year, the signs of the Zodiac,\u201d says the artist.<\/p>\n
Sypher concludes it is a \u201cpowerful technique and method for conceptual art making.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scholl uses the symmetry of 12 differently in \u201cUntitled (Tang).\u201d A six-foot by six-foot platform was built where stacks of the orange powdered drink are placed on a dark blue background and organized in a circle around a bottle of Tang.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was a kid, I drank more Tang than anything else because that\u2019s what the astronauts did,\u201d says the artist. The drink mix, made by General Foods, was used during the Gemini space mission in the mid-1960s. As is part of his art-making, he went on the hunt for an original bottle even after discovering that the drink is still made. In order for the piece to be authentic, it had to incorporate the original bottle and design from the 1960s.<\/p>\n
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Untitled (Russian Rations), 2024, acquired objects. n assemblage on a plinth featuring Russian space food used on the International Space Station.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\u201cHis three-dimensional works are very exciting,\u201d says Sypher.<\/p>\n
The exhibition includes hanging sculptures fashioned from space gloves, alongside works incorporating View-Masters\u2014cultural relics that invite viewers to peer into miniature images of the universe.<\/p>\n
He was also able to acquire Russian space food \u2013 \u201cactual Russian rations used in space\u201d and a \u201cdecent size of Kapton,\u201d a foil used on spacecraft for radiation shielding. \u201cThese are the original pieces of foil that were actually on the capsule of Apollo 15 as it came back to Earth and kept it from burning up.\u201d The small, sculptural work using the foil is arranged within a dodecagonal framework.<\/p>\n
\u201cYears of collecting and evaluating objects have made Scholl\u2019s eye incredibly discerning,\u201d said Larry Ossei-Mensah, who curated last March\u2019s Piero Atchugarry Gallery in Miami.<\/p>\n
But not everything in the show is bright and shiny. He includes \u201cUntitled (Tragedy),\u201d New York Daily News\u2019 front pages of the 1986 Challenger disaster, which also appeared in his Miami show.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was another thing I wanted to consider \u2013 that globally and as a country, we want to chase and master this technology but, on the way, there are real costs and there are real difficulties,\u201d says Scholl. \u201cI wanted to show the difference between man\u2019s technology, the technological achievement, and the price you pay for obtaining that achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sypher adds that Scholl\u2019s work fits seamlessly within the educational mission of the Hollywood Art and Culture Center. \u201cWe\u2019re excited about both the science and space exploration aspects, as well as the mathematical component of the dodecagon framing. But more than that, his work is just a great fit for the center overall.\u201d<\/p>\n
The exhibition coincides with the Hollywood Arts Hub, which officially opened on Nov. 2, a recent expansion of the Hollywood Art and Culture Center, which will provide more space for the center\u2019s arts and community activities. Construction of the Arts Hub was funded by the City of Hollywood through funding from a 2019 General Obligation Bond that was approved by city voters in a special election.<\/p>\n
In addition to Scholl\u2019s exhibition, two other artists have works on display, including Miami Beach\u2013based Felice Grodin\u2019s \u201cWhere Do I Go From Here?,\u201d which features intricate ink drawings on translucent Mylar that blend architectural structure and surreal imagination. Miami-based artist Brian Reedy is presenting \u201cGothic Pop Prints,\u201d custom linoleum block prints with a Lizzie Borden theme inspired by Thinking Cap Theatre\u2019s \u201cLizzie the Musical,\u201d which was presented at the center.<\/p>\n
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When: Through Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. Gallery hours: Tuesday by appointment, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Where: Hollywood Art and Culture Center, 1650 Harrison St., Hollywood
Cost: $10 general admission, $5 seniors ages 65 or older, students with valid school ID, and children ages 13 to 17; free admission for members, children 12 and younger, teachers and active military personnel with valid ID.
Information: (954) 921-3274 and\u00a0www.artandculturecenter.org<\/a><\/p>\n