"Von Dutch: An American Original" will be on display from Sept. 3 to Oct 5 in the university's Main Gallery at the northern end of the campus between Plummer and Halsted streets east of Etiwanda Avenue.

A gala celebration in honor of the exhibit will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, and will include a car show featuring hot rods, custom cars and bikes, live music by Deke Dickerson and the Echophonics and refreshments.

The most comprehensive collection of works by Von Dutch ever assembled in one setting, the exhibition will include paintings, signs and pinstripe designs, a custom-built "Kenford" truck, pinstriped motorcycles, bikes, a hot rod and other vehicles, miniature canons and other weaponry, and a hand-painted 1950s' hi-fi console.

A corollary exhibit, "Dutched!", will feature works of approximately 20 artists from throughout California and abroad, including Peter Alexander, C.R. Stecky III, Jim Shaw, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Robert Williams, Charles Kraft, Mark Ryden, Shag, Steve Stanford and Linda Bark'karie.

Von Dutch gained fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a vanguard pinstriper of cars and motorcycles while working for George Beerup's Motorcycle Shop.

Von Dutch was highly sought after by the mushrooming hot rod and custom car culture. His custom painting designs were highly influential and set the standard for such emerging custom car design innovators as the Barris Brothers and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth.

For more information about the exhibit, call the Art Gallery at (818) 677-2156 or visit the web site www.csun.edu/artgalleries/. The Main Gallery's hours are Monday through Saturday, from noon to 4 p.m.