The funny thing about being creative is that, especially high school people, I kept noticing I'd always go to these certain materials. I'd always be picking up trash and picking up paper and using it. Mark Bradford creativefunnyhigh Change image and share on social
I don't believe in blanket statements on race. Mark Bradford blanketracestatement Change image and share on social
About the time I was 7, I got really into black-exploitation films, so I made my own Wonder Woman, but I made her black. Mark Bradford blackexploitationfilm Change image and share on social
In the city, you're always looking around, observing everything. In some neighborhoods, your life can depend on it. The details change constantly. Mark Bradford changecityconstantly Change image and share on social
When I was thirteen, I was in a supermarket with my mother, and for no reason at all, I picked up a science-fiction book at the checkout stand and started reading it. I couldn't believe I was doing that, actually reading a book. And, man, it opened up a whole new thing. Reading became the sparkplug of my imagination. Mark Bradford bookcheckoutfiction share on social
Everything I do has an underlying political question. Mark Bradford politicalquestionunderlie Change image and share on social
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.' Mark Bradford abstractabsurdbase share on social
I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life. Mark Bradford changeeducationeducational Change image and share on social
The freeways create economic and racial borders in Los Angeles. South of Interstate 10 is one group of people, west of the 10 another, and south of the 405 North yet another. Mark Bradford angelesbordercreate Change image and share on social
I have always been interested in people who live outside of the fabric of the norm. Mark Bradford fabricinterestlive Change image and share on social