Mark Bradford
Niagara
2005
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Mark Bradford
Niagara
2005
Physical Qualities
Single-channel video (color, no sound), 3:17 minutes
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida
Object Number
2017.36
Melvin, the artist’s former neighbor, walks assertively, purposefully, and comfortably, projecting his sexuality down a Los Angeles street. Referencing a famous saunter by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film noir Niagara, we see Melvin strutting with self-possession. Yet we also see him as a vulnerable youth on the streets, an experience that Mark Bradford himself felt sharply and personally.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2018; Hauser & Wirth
Christopher Bedford and Katy Siegel, BMA, "Mark Bradford: Tomorrow Is Another Day," September 22, 2018 - March 3, 2019.
