Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradfordis an American artist living and working in Los Angeles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
advertising creates density sheer tense until
The sheer density of advertising creates a psychic mass, an overlay that can sometimes be very tense or aggressive. As a citizen, you have to participate in that every day. You have to walk by until it's changed.
believe looking three
The three occupants that we were looking for we believe we have, in fact, found.
ask details inspired looking mother small supported
I've always been inspired by small details that make me wander. My mother would ask me, 'What are you looking at so intensely?' I would answer, 'Everything and nothing.' She really supported my wanderings, called me Marco Polo.
base narrative oftentimes paintings twist
The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is 'real,' and so I thought, 'I'll base it on the absurd, the not real. I'll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I'll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.'
felt notice people pride starting taking
There were a lot of people congratulating us on the win, and that really felt great. A lot of people are starting to take notice and are taking pride in our team.
fatigue fire major obviously trained
This is what we are trained for. We are trained to go into fire combat. When it comes to back-to-back major incidents, obviously there is a fatigue factor.
dna longer several
Autopsies will take several days, and if DNA is required, it will even take longer than that.
act along hair hear history popular pull salon three voices work
That's how I make work. Along the way, I take notes, I read about history and popular culture. Sometimes I act out things in the studio. I go back to my mother's hair salon so I can hear three voices going all at once. I pull inspiration from everything.
We have to tighten some things up. We need to be a little more patient.
becoming crisis happens national north notice race time war
In North America, what happens often is that they put race before nationhood. Everyone here is Hispanic-American, Chinese-American, African-American. But really, we're just North Americans of all these different descents. The only time I notice North Americans becoming national is when a war happens or a crisis happens.
art ask
I look at art as a container. You can't get inside it, so you have to ask all of these questions.
buildings buying mentor whatever
I just like artist-driven projects, but for artists themselves: artist spaces, artist mentor programs, and artists buying buildings and making lofts. Doing whatever we can do. Because at the end of the day, I really think that we as a community only have each other.
I just follow the things I'm interested in. That's always guided me. If I'm interested in something, that's where I go.
depends hop insecure life piece
I'm kind of an insecure artist. I hop from piece to piece. I always think my life depends on every painting. Every painting is my first painting.