How far left do San Francisco’s roots extend? This Tenderloin Museum exhibit says: Think Marx.
From the San Francisco general strike of 1934, a major catalyst for national trade unionizing, to the recent UC Berkeley academic worker strike, the Bay Area has long been a hotbed of labor activism. Where this history intersects with the arts has been less apparent — but an exhibition at the Tenderloin Museum sheds new light.
A slideshow of photographs and ephemera included in the exhibition at the Tenderloin Museum, courtesy of the Labor Archives, paint a vibrant picture of the school. The student body was evidently diverse, the moral imperative decidedly Marxist. An outdoor art exhibition might be mistaken for a rally; a philosophy class for a political forum. One brochure features an illustration of a man in overalls reading a book, alongside the slogan: “Education for victory.
Art is no stranger to politics, whether utilized blatantly in wartime propaganda posters or more subliminally in the fine arts. In a society segmented by class, and in which culture is often weaponized, there can't be art for art’s sake — even the absence of overt politics. Art can change the way we see the world and shake us loose from our social mores. At the very least, it forces the viewer to see things through a different set of sensibilities than their own.
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