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Scott Redford: Bricks Are Heavy

Queer was big in the 1990s. Bricks Are Heavy surveys Brisbane's Scott Redford's 'Queer Project', with works from the early 1990s until now. Redford rereads and rewrites familiar modernist artforms, excavating or imputing queerness. The show includes his iconic Not the Formula for Population Standard Deviation; a minimalist wall painting of white paint laced with AIDS and other medications; an installation of life-size photos of sublime, glistening metal urinals recalling Rothko and Newman; various devotions to Kurt, River and Keanu; plus several recent videos. The exhibition title—Bricks Are Heavy—implies the weightiness of identity politics. Includes new writing by Chris Chapman, Robert Cook, Jose Da Silva, and Chris McAuliffe, and a massive new interview with Kris Carlon, plus an archive of writings by Rex Butler, Chris McAuliffe, and Robert Schubert. / $30