San Francisco Chronicle • January 30, 2020 • by Aidin Vaziri
/ SFMOMA • Twitter • January 29, 2020
KQED Arts: Nonprofit Developer To Save Community Of Tenants & Murals In Redstone Building By Barry McGee, Chuck Sperry, Ruby Neri, Carolyn Castaño
KQED Arts • June 26, 2019 • by Sam Lefebvre
1934 General Strike Meeting at the Redstone Building (1997) by Chuck Sperry
[Excerpt from KQED Arts, full article below]
The San Francisco Labor Temple opened in 1914, and for decades played a key role in the city’s labor movement. It was the headquarters for unions including Bookbinders’ Local 125, the first all-women union, and in 1934 was the nexus of a historic general strike. The building sold in 1968, gradually acquiring its current mix of arts, social services and cultural advocacy tenants.
In the 1990s, the Lab and the Clarion Alley Mural Project commissioned artists including Barry McGee, Chuck Sperry and Carolyn Castaño to paint murals commemorating the building’s legacy of labor organizing and community service. One of the city’s only publicly viewable artworks by the late Mission School artist Margaret Kilgallen is the Lab’s hand-painted sign.
Dena Beard, executive director of the Lab, described the murals as a prescient collection of the Mission School, a movement associated with unconventional materials, everyday forms and social commentary. “Every piece is really indicative of the artists’ styles at the time,” Beard said. “It was major recognition for what we now consider a hugely important movement.”
Detail: 1934 General Strike by Chuck Sperry
Invitation to opening reception, full list of artist collective, dedication by Mayor of San Francisco
Popmatters: Ghosts of the Forest “Demonstrates the True Spiritual Power of Rock’n’Roll” • Gorgeous Sperry Print Marks Occasion
Popmatters • May 17, 2019 • by Greg M. Schwartz
Trey Anastasio puts together a unique band for a special tour in tribute to a departed friend and delivers a mystical experience that demonstrates the true spiritual power of rock’n’roll. Gorgeous Sperry print marks the occasion…
Chuck Sperry’s Women’s March Poster Spotted in New York Times
“In Divided Washington, Relief and Disappointment at Mueller Report” • The New York Times • April 18, 2019 • by Katie Rogers
Chuck Sperry’s 1995 Bush Poster Spotted in “Captain Marvel”: Hollywood Reporter
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