Morning Terrace
"A precedent for “Hospital Man” can be found in the 1992 canvas Morning Terrace, the most striking painting on display. Through the open window of a New York City apartment with a radiator, the bottom half of a high-heeled figure is provocatively pictured on an outdoor balcony, the figure’s lower legs warmly lit by natural light, the thighs and buttocks obscured by a smudged windowpane. A gendered uncertainty hangs over the scene, as the shoes could belong to either a man or a woman. The queer identity and intimacy that was burgeoning amid the devastating impact of AIDS informed the radiant yet melancholic aura of Steers’s impressive body of work. We are left wondering what he would have done next." - Alex Fialho
