Current exhibit

 South Austin Popular Culture Center Presents

Jack Jaxon: Exile into Consciousness

Jack Jackson (pen name Jaxon), artist, designer, art director, writer, illustrator, historian, and Austinite began a search for answers in the 1960s. His odyssey dove inward, illustrating his acid trips in pen and ink as he explored his own subconscious and moved to San Francisco to join the counter-culture revolution. He became art director for the Avalon Ballroom, over-seeing the poster designs. As he journeyed deeper into the psychedelic scene his search shifted toward forces that rule the course of human events – God, sex, history, science, politics and more. Jaxon used pulp horror conventions to illustrate the brutal nature of man while incorporating humor, eventually publishing the first underground comic. He founded Rip Off Press, dedicated to sexually graphic and politically satirical comics that challenge readers to acknowledge human nature by highlighting the absurdity of it. After burning out on San Francisco, Jaxon returned to Texas where his search culminated with historic epics. He learned that the course of history is repetitive, humorous, and driven by the actions of individuals, not uncontrollable forces. Jaxon uses the raw events of history that are often left out of textbooks to show what we are capable of, and how ignoring it will doom us to repeat the same mistakes. In his exile into consciousness, Jack Jackson became self-aware.

This exhibit will run from Saturday May 4th – June 8th, 2013.

For more Information or if you have any questions please email us at samopc@gmail.com or give us a call at 512-440-8318

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Previous Showcase

 South Austin Popular Culture Center Presents

Randy “Biscuit” Turner: The Real Punk Pioneer  

Randy “Biscuit” Turner is an iconic force of Punk Rock worldwide and Austin popular culture. Born in Gladewater, Texas, he was encouraged to create art and was drawn to the odd-ball, skate-punk culture of Austin where he and his friends formed the band The Big Boys. The Big Boys were innovative, sarcastic, and passionate in their music, building on punk conventions to create a unique funk-punk genre. As their front man, Biscuit was an edgy, energetic, inclusive, musician, poet, artist, and performer; The Big Boys grew, pushing the anti-everything Generation X to be more open-minded, bright, and relaxed, but still funny, shocking, and rebellious. Since the band broke up, all of its members have continued to play gigs with up and coming bands that espouse the punk ideals. Biscuit continued to create his own brand of performance art and celebrity. He died in 2005.

This exhibition presents a collection of Biscuit’s art, from the flyers he created to promote his bands, his poetry and song lyrics, to the works created from Austin’s junk and thrift stores. His visual style grew from the characteristics of Generation X fringe social outcasts into his own personal, authentic, and unique identity that embodied the ethos of DIY design and culture, here in Austin and globally, making Randy “Biscuit” Turner a real punk pioneer.

The exhibit will run from March 9^th through April 13^th.

SouthPop will celebrate the opening of the exhibit with a reception on March 9^th at 7:09pm.  At 7:30 the Hickoids will perform and later the Uranium Savages will take the stage.  While the event is free, donations are accepted and encouraged.  There is no parking at the Center so please consider parking on Collier Street and walking over or using public transportation or riding your bike.  For more information please contact the Center at 512-440-8318 or samopc@gmail.com

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