Mark Bradford
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Mark Bradford (November 20th, 1961) is an American contemporary artist from Los Angeles California. He is best known for his unique art style, which incorporates textures, craft pieces, and vibrant colors. Many of his pieces comment on the current political and social issues in our country. Bradford's pieces have been shown in many exhibits and museums including Hauser and Wirth,[1] the Modern,[2] and the Dallas Museum of Art[3] Bradford came into the public eye in 2001 after he participated in an exhibit in the Studio Museum of Harlem, where his piece coined a new term "post-black" After this show Bradford had started to become a household name throughout the contemporary art community and had been invited to exhibitions throughout the country. Most of his exhibitions resemble huge maps of cities that protrude from the canvases because of the amount of layering Bradford puts into his paintings.
Early life[edit]
Bradford spent his early life in Los Angeles, he comes from a family filled with hairdressers which is where his creative mind started to blossom. Since his mother's business was so small he was in charge off creating promotional art for his business where he learned that he had an artistic eye.[4] This passion only grew when he attended the California Institute of Art from 1991-1997. Here he was able to obtain his bachelor of Fine Arts and his Masters of Fine Arts. After graduating he quickly started too participate in small exhibits throughout Los Angeles.
Popular pieces[edit]
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2003) Bradford had grown in popularity after his first exhibit "Floss" in San Francisco. Many of his exhibits have been presented under Hauser and Wirth a popular art gallery based in Los Angeles.[5] He has presented most of his exhibits under them for over last two decades and has become a staple in the art community. His varied style offers a look into experiences growing in Los Angeles in the 60's and 70's a time with a lot of racial division. This is reflected in his work, in his popular painting Black Venus 2005. The painting looks like an overview of the city with a mixture of primary colors, black, and whites. The paintings represent the changes in the neighborhood that Bradford grew up in, because of this Black Venus has become one of his most famous paintings. [6]Another one of his popular paintings is Monster in this painting Bradford displays a combination of layered papers and acrylic paint. The painting is almost reminiscent to waves and seems to step away from his usual style that incorporates influences from Los Angeles.
Bradford has received many awards throughout his career including The MacArthur fellowship in 2009, The Driskell Prize (2016), and Bucksbaum Award (2006) With all of these awards Bradford has been recognized as a proficient artist.
- MacArthur Fellowship (2009),
- Wexner Center Residency Award (2009)
- Bucksbaum Award (2006)
- United States Artists Fellowship (2006)
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2003)
- Nancy Graves Foundation Grant (2002)
- Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2002)
Current life[edit]
Bradford is still creating art in Los Angeles, he is currently sixty-two years old. He is partners with Allan Dicastro who is also an artist. They have presented their work together at exhibits before and have become a well known couple in the art community. They continually advocate for LGBTQ rights, social issues, and the discrimination minorities go through. He's still active and recently has been taking part in independent exhibits including End Papers (2020), Cereberus (2019), and Masses and Movements.
Christies.com The ‘Social Abstraction’ of Mark Bradford Accessed May 5th
Tomkins, Calvin "The Newyorker" What Else Can Art Do Accessed May 1st
Mark Bradford | Dallas Museum of Art Accessed April 27th
Hauser and Wirth "Mark Bradford" Mark Bradford – Hauser & Wirth
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Mark Bradford – Hauser & Wirth". www.hauserwirth.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ↑ "Mark Bradford: End Papers". www.themodern.org.
- ↑ "Mark Bradford | Dallas Museum of Art". dma.org.
- ↑ "The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation.
- ↑ "Mark Bradford – Hauser & Wirth". www.hauserwirth.com.
- ↑ Art, MCA General Information MCA MCA / Museum of Contemporary; General: 312.280.2660, Chicago220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago IL 60611. "The Mark Bradford Project". themarkbradfordproject.org.
- ↑ "2016 Driskell Prize Winner: Mark Bradford". High Museum of Art.
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