“Dave Glass: Central City 1970-2016” Opening Reception (Tenderloin Museum)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Join us for an opening reception for Dave Glass: Central City 1970-2016, a selection of images made in the Tenderloin that documents its denizens and iconic establishments by Dave Glass, a prolific San Francisco street photographer with a working class perspective.

The images in Central City 1970-2016 aren’t monolithic or symbolic. Instead, they survey the guts of our city, its humanity, and its streets thrumming with life. Nine black-and-white photographs hang in the TLM gallery wall, developed and printed by the artist. They depict faces of Tenderloin folks at work and at play: protesting, dancing, or simply mugging for the passing shutterbug. A complementary set of five color images lie in a vitrine, depicting some of the Tenderloin’s iconic small businesses such as Original Joe’s, Ha-Ra, and The 21 Club. These establishments exude strong personalities much like the neighborhood characters who occupy their bar stools, sit up on their stoops, and peruse their shelves for a nightcap.

Dave Glass: Central City 1970-2016 is on view from October 5 – December 30, 2023 in the Tenderloin Museum’s gallery space. An opening reception will be held on October 5th from 5:30-7:30pm in concert with SF First Thursday Art Walk in the Tenderloin. Glass will give an artist talk in conversation with his collaborators, fellow photographers, and co-directors of the Tenderloin’s Book and Job Gallery, Adrian Martinez & Austin Leong on December 7th from 5:30-7:30pm, also in concert with SF First Thursday Art Walk.

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