Pat Blashill: Endless, Nameless!

Pat Blashill is an American photographer, author, and former music critic known for his raw, intimate documentation of the Texas punk scene in the 1980s. A native of Austin, Texas, Blashill began photographing bands like the Butthole Surfers and Scratch Acid during his youth, capturing the gritty, emotional intensity of the underground music world. After earning a degree in journalism from the University of Texas, he moved to New York in 1987, where he wrote for Spin, Rolling Stone, and The Village Voice. In 2005, Blashill relocated to Vienna, Austria, where he continues to write, take pictures, and teach in a public high school. His published works include Noise from the Underground (1996), Texas Is the Reason (2020), and Someday All the Adults Will Die! (2025).

In the exhibition Endless, Nameless! at Plateau, we are pleased to present a selected overview of Pat Blashill’s photography, from his Texas years in the 1980s and his New York period in the 1990s to his most recent documentation of the Viennese scene from 2000 onward. The exhibition is curated by Veronika Eberhart.