Caroline Collective

Over the past ten years, rock poster art has come out of the underground and into the forefront of people’s art collecting habits, perfectly complementing memorable shows. Over the next two months, Caroline Collective will showcase Houston’s contribution to the world of poster art with a retrospective of some of Houston’s great rock posters artists. Join us for the opening this Friday, November 20th from 7-9pm with music provided by D.L. of KTRU’s Vinyl Frontier. Check the press release below for full information.

WHAT: Houston Poster Art: 2000-2009 Opening

WHEN: November 20, 7-9pm

WHERE: Caroline Collective (4820 Caroline Street)

Houston‚Äôs recent musical landscape has been dominated by artists that defy classification. Innovation – often ahead of national trends – has mingled with the city’s overall aesthetic, collectively resulting in a vibrant and supportive community known for presenting new forms of expression evolved from the union of previously disparate styles.

Evolving in step with Houston‚Äôs diverse soundscape and drawing from its innovation is Houston’s ground-breaking poster culture. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some of the world‚Äôs most sought-after rock poster designers call Houston home. These figures, as well as the rising generation of artists expressing their passion for both art and music, are pushing the evolution of the unified art form, setting the standard locally, nationally, and internationally.

Houston Poster Art: 2000-2009 selects from the whole of locally significant concert art from the first decade of this century, presenting a number of different styles and techniques, which ultimately map the growth and progression of the art form in Houston over recent history. Although impressive by itself, taken from within the context of the greater Houston music scene, the exhibit offers a window into the collective subconscious which motivates local artists to create.

Houston Poster Artists included: Dann Miller, Rene Cruz, Tom So, Steve Sims, Shelby Hohl, Jeremy Osborn, Wesley Mitchell, Jason McElweenie, David Wang, Dan Castillo, Ben Godfrey, Lance Scott Walker, Flynn Prejan, Jacob Calle, Noel Martinez, Michael Rodriguez.

Musical Artists included: ::KAI/ROS::,30footfall,AM Syndicate,Amina,Animal,Antenna Inn,At The Drive In,Auf Der Maur,Balaclavas,Beans,Ben Kweller,Benjamin Wesley,Bill Callahan,Black Moth Super Rainbow,BLACKIE,Blades,Blue October,Bright Men Of Learning,Bring Back The Guns,Busdriver,Buxton,By The End Of Tonight,Carter Brown,Code Seven,Cooper Temple Clause,Copilot,Dana Falconberry,Danny And The Nightmares,Dave Dove,Dead P.A.,Death Cab For Cutie,Death From Afar,Decibully,Dizzy Pilot,Don Caballero,Dr. Knuckstable,Earlimart,El Orbits,Ellypseas,Engine Down,Explosions In The Sky,F For Fake,Fatal Flyin,Fishbone,Flowers To Hide,Focusyn,Fugazi,God’s Temple Of Family Deliverance,Guerilla Foco Clan,Head Automatica,Heavy Mojo,Interpol,J.W. Americana,Jana Hunter,Jawwaad Taylor,Jay Satellite,Joanna Newsom,Keith Rowe,Lisa’s Sons,Listenlisten,Longwave,Loren Connors,Los Ramones,Los Skarnales,Margot,Matthew Shipp Trio,Misfits,Mogwai,Mooney Suzuki,Murder City Devils,Muse,Natalie Stewart,Natives Of The New Dawn,No Cover,No Talk,Nosaprise,Octopus Project,Office,Papermoons,Parts And Labor,Pernice Brothers,Phosphorescent,Rachel Buchman,Radiohead,Red Meadow,Robert Ellis,Rockbox Djs,Sachiko M,Satin Hooks,Scott H. Biram,Sean Meehan,Serena Maneesh,Sew What,Sex Vid,Sharon Montgomery,Shit City High,Shonen Knife,Sigur Ros,Sister Morales,Smash Alley,Social Insects,Something Fierce,Spain Colored Orange,Sparklehorse,State Bird,Stereo Total,Substance,Sugar Shack,Supergrass,Swarm Of Angels,The 45s,The Blood Brothers,The Clouds Are Ghosts,The Cure,The Dimes,The Evangelicals,The Ex-Optimists,The Groceries,The Guilloteens,The Hangouts,The Jonbenet,The Jonx,The Kimonos,The Little Ones,The New Year,The Rapture,”The Snake, The Cross, The Crown”,The Strokes,The Theater Fire,The Tontons,The Walkmen,The Watermarks,The Wiggins,The X-Pats,Tortoise,Tricky,Voxtrot,Wayne Hancock,Wayside Drive,Woozyhelmet,Worlds Most Dangerous Band,Wovenhand,Yellow Fever,Young Mammals,Zydeco Dots

Join us in celebrating the work of Houston artists and the music scene they illuminate.

The curators would like to thank Texas Art Supply.

Music will be provided by D.L. of KTRU’s Vinyl Frontier.

Exhibition Dates: November 20 – January 1

Houston Rock Poster Art show is presented by C2 Creative and is curated by Philip Beck, Ian Wells, and Matthew Wettergreen.