Media Preview for Detroit Institute of Arts’ exhibition “Detroit After Dark” Oct. 20
Updated Oct 17, 2016
WHAT:
Media preview for the exhibition “Detroit After Dark”
WHEN:
Thursday, Oct. 20, 5–6 pm.
Note: Media must be finished viewing the exhibition by 6 p.m. due to a private event beginning at 6:16 p.m.
WHERE:
Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue
Albert and Peggy de Salle Gallery of Photography
Enter through John R Street south entrance
WHO:
Most of the Detroit artists whose work in the show will be available for interviews.
OTHER:
“Detroit after Dark” includes dramatic architectural studies, street scenes, graffiti and otherworldly vignettes as well as some of Detroit’s famous night haunts, like the premier jazz club Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, the legendary Grande Ballroom and punk and garage rock dens such as Bookie’s Club and the Gold Dollar. While most of the photographers are from Detroit, the exhibition also includes rare after-hours views by Robert Frank, such as his 1955 “City Hall, Detroit.” A small supplement of work from Paris and New York, taken between 1920 and 1960, will also be on view in an area adjacent to the gallery, establishing Detroit’s part in a visual tradition and history shared with other great cities and the photographers who have shaped the genre of night photography.
Photographs and filming are allowed in the exhibition.
WHAT:
Media preview for the exhibition “Detroit After Dark”
WHEN:
Thursday, Oct. 20, 5–6 pm.
Note: Media must be finished viewing the exhibition by 6 p.m. due to a private event beginning at 6:16 p.m.
WHERE:
Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue
Albert and Peggy de Salle Gallery of Photography
Enter through John R Street south entrance
WHO:
Most of the Detroit artists whose work in the show will be available for interviews.
OTHER:
“Detroit after Dark” includes dramatic architectural studies, street scenes, graffiti and otherworldly vignettes as well as some of Detroit’s famous night haunts, like the premier jazz club Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, the legendary Grande Ballroom and punk and garage rock dens such as Bookie’s Club and the Gold Dollar. While most of the photographers are from Detroit, the exhibition also includes rare after-hours views by Robert Frank, such as his 1955 “City Hall, Detroit.” A small supplement of work from Paris and New York, taken between 1920 and 1960, will also be on view in an area adjacent to the gallery, establishing Detroit’s part in a visual tradition and history shared with other great cities and the photographers who have shaped the genre of night photography.
Photographs and filming are allowed in the exhibition.