"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
"Ridin' Dirty," detail (2006)
"Ridin' Dirty," detail, 2006
Mixed media collage on paper; 78 panels, 109 x 336 inches
Courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
Mixed media collage on paper; 78 panels, 109 x 336 inches
Courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
"Maybe it’s about mapping or tracing the ghost of cities past. It’s the pulling off of a layer and finding another underneath. It’s the reference and the details that point to people saying, ‘We exist; we were here.’"
- Mark Bradford
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