Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradfordis an American artist living and working in Los Angeles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
dna longer several
Autopsies will take several days, and if DNA is required, it will even take longer than that.
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.'
anybody artist mom
My mom was an orphan, and there was never anybody to tell her what she could or couldn't do. At the core, she's probably an artist - an artist and a feminist.
brought free mom
My mom was a free spirit, and she brought me up to be a free spirit.
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.
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.
home
If Home Depot doesn't have it, Mark Bradford doesn't need it.
I figure if you have one person that loves you, that's enough, growing up. You just need one person in your corner.
might people room
Generally, when I tell people I'm a painter, they ask me if I have a card: 'Yes, we'd like this room in this color.' I still might get cards that say 'Mark Bradford. Painter.'
below businesses damage moderate
I'd say right now that moderate damage was sustained. The businesses down here below have significant damage.
believe blanket statements
I don't believe in blanket statements on race.
I don't look at things in black and white. There are big gray areas. There's a lot of slippage.