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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 6, 2006
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
“Postering in Austin: New Looks for the Old
Tradition” exhibit features select music posters by Austin artists
The Austin History Center’s grand hallway is the venue of an innovative
exhibit of music posters by up and coming Austin artists. “Postering in Austin: New Looks for the
Old Tradition” will be on display from January through March, 2006. The exhibit features a select
cross section of music posters from ten artists and design studios including: 8ball, Jared
Connor/Mexican Chocolate Design, Decoder Ring Design Concern, Bobby Dixon/Kollective Fusion, Rob
Jones/Animal Rummy, Mig Kokinda, Erick Montes, Mark Pedini, Noel Waggener and Jamie Ward.
"Austin has an extremely rich tradition of music and music posters, and
while the Austin History Center’s collection is extensive, we don’t have as many posters as we should,”
said exhibit curator Jennifer Connor. “For example, we do not have any posters from the Vulcan Gas
Company, one of this town’s heralded music venues. But we do have hundreds of posters for those who
want to research music poster art and the artists who create them.”
Advertising art and posters have a long history and individual works can
give a great deal of insight into, not only the musicians they feature, as well as the artistic values
of the community from which they emerge.
“Aside from the musicians, the art and the artists are the focus of this
exhibit,” notes Connor. “Austin’s art community has a vibrant tradition of poster work and the artists
are some of the more creative- as well as commercially successful- in the community.”
Why, besides a paycheck, would an artist focus their creative energy to
promote a band or show that often fades into history after the last song is sung? Because it does, in
fact, allow for a great deal of artistic freedom and expression, from idea to execution.
“I enjoy every aspect of it, from coming up with a concept, to printing and
going out and putting up posters,” said Erick Montes, one of Austin’s newest poster artists. “I like
that, most of the time, I have control over the entire process…the design, mixing inks, all of it.”
The Austin History Center is located at 810 Guadalupe Street, on the
southwest corner of Guadalupe and 9th Streets in downtown Austin. The exhibit is free and open to the
public Mon–Wed: 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sat: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun: 12 noon –6 p.m. (except holidays).
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