MARK BRADFORD(3 articles)

mark bradford is an american artist best known for his large-scale abstract paintings that examine the class, race, and gender-based economies that structure urban society in the united states. his richly layered and collaged canvases represent a connection to the social world through materials. bradford uses fragments of found posters, billboards, newsprint, and custom-printed paper to simultaneously engage with and advance the formal traditions of abstract painting.