“A lot of the language around HIV was almost created, invented in popular culture. “Early language around the epidemic was almost epic, it was insane, it was like Biblical proportions,” he says.
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In considering how to present the video, scale became symbolic. The play between something super violent and something super beautiful: that’s where it came out of.” (A standout series of canvases on display, which appear at first glance to be abstract compositions, were in fact loosely inspired by the molecular composition of human cells - including Kaposi’s sarcoma, the cancer that causes lesions in those infected with HIV.) In creating “Deimos,” Bradford explains, “I just really started to think about the Roxy and how we lost so many people around that time. Themes of lack and loss resonate throughout the exhibition, which uses a variety of media to explore the politics of race and queerness, as well as the AIDS epidemic. “Deimos” is playful and exuberant - but carries with it a sense of what’s missing. T premieres the video exclusively here (in the gallery, it’s displayed across three screens on one very long wall). Immediately upon entering the show, visitors encounter “Deimos,” a video installation depicting dozens of the little orange wheels from the Roxy’s skates, spinning from one end of the frame to the other. With the opening of Mark Bradford’s new exhibition, “Be Strong Boquan,” this past weekend, the history of the building comes back to life.
When Hauser & Wirth moved into its Dieter Roth-designed West 18th Street space two years ago, the gallery inherited an unexpected treasure trove: hundreds of roller skates left over from the former tenant, the famous Roxy roller disco.
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