“Craig’s Closet” is a personal interior space that explores the intangible experiences and memories left behind by death from AIDS.
New York’s AIDS Memorial Park has acquired a new sculpture. On June 9, the first days of Pride Month, they took place in the park in St. Vincent’s Triangle in Greenwich Village unveils Jim Hodges’ Craig’s Closet, which will remain there until May 2024.
A granite and painted brass replica of a bedroom closet frozen in time, ‘Craig’s closet’ is a personal interior space brought outside that explores the intangible experiences and memories contained in material objects left behind: macos and jackets on hangers; full drawers and shelves; stacks of untouched books and files; bags and boxes containing unknown treasures.
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Its stark black contrasts with the stark white of the park’s triangular memorial to 100,000 AIDS deaths, and the facade of Lenox Health Greenwich Village peeking through the trees behind. Viewed from the front, Hodges’ sculpture depicts a heavily laden closet covered in black and filled with details that each tell a story while viewed from behind, a monochromatic wall whose only details are the play of sunlight and shadow on its surface.
The sculpture is a replica of the closet that belonged to New York musician Craig Ducote, with whom Hodges lived until his death in 2016.
“The inspiration for a project from what used to be Craig’s closet was born shortly after Craig’s death in 2016, but it took two years to officially begin the process of creating it,” Jim Hodges explained in an email to Hyperallergic. .
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