About this Event
Chloe Sherman: Renegades San Francisco: The 1990s
A tender, joyous portrait of the thriving lesbian subculture in ’90s San Francisco.
In the 1990s, queer youth, outcasts and artists flocked to San Francisco to experiment with art, self-expression, style and gender and to find community. Rent was affordable, paving the way for queer bars, clubs, tattoo shops, galleries, cafés, bookstores and women-owned businesses to emerge. A new wave of feminism embraced gender fluidity, and butch/femme culture flourished. The Mission district was the center of this queer cultural renaissance, and the feeling of community there was palpable.
Chloe Sherman was both a member of this community and an ardent visual chronicler. Her documentary photographic work on 35mm film stems from a commitment to capturing the vibrancy, tenderness, individuality, resilience and joy within this subculture that was derided by mainstream society. Distilling the spirit of the time, her debut monograph is a candid portrait of a vibrant era that connects current and future generations to the pulse of San Francisco at a pivotal chapter in queer history.
Chloe Sherman is a San Francisco-based fine art photographer known for her vibrant portraits of queer life in San Francisco. Sherman received her degree in fine art photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1999, during which time she began documenting a generation of young self-identified Queers. Sherman’s photographs shot on 35mm film, offer a window into an era of gender experimentation, defiance, freedom, resilience, and tenderness. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally, including F³ Freiraum für Fotografie, Schlomer Haus Gallery, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Leica San Francisco, Rolling Stone Magazine, Interview Magazine, and the New Yorker. Sherman’s work is a part of the permanent collections at The National Gallery of Art, SF MOMA, and those of private collectors. A monograph of her work, Renegades: San Francisco – 1990s, was published in 2023 by Hatje Cantz Verlag.
https://chloeshermanstudio.com | @chloesherman
Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books of memoir, fiction, and cultural criticism, including Valencia, Modern Magic, and Against Memoir, and the recipient of awards from PEN/America, the Guggenheim, Lambda Literary, and the Rona Jaffe Foundation. She was the founding Executive Director of the literary nonprofit RADAR Productions, where she pioneered the first Drag Queen Story Hour, and is the founder and director of the queer literary press Dopamine Books. https://www.michelle-tea.com/ | @michelleteaz
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
ARTBOOK @ Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, 917 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, United States
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