Mark Bradford's large mixed media works are made with collage and paint, using all sorts of found papers from posters, billboards, advertising, foil and mark making to create an arranged loosely gridded abstract image with urban themes that address issues of urban poverty, racial discrimination and social injustice. The multilayered works are reworked and distressed with sanding and bleaching to create urban map and street light like effects. With Google maps occasionally as a starting point, his works link to street art as well as abstract expressionism.
"Its about…tracing the ghost of cities past. Its the pulling off of a layer and finding another underneath" - Mark Bradford
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"Scorched Earth," 2006,
Billboard paper, photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, carbon paper, acrylic paint, bleach, and additional mixed media on canvas, |
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