| Notes: [ART]. Mark Bradford. "Mark Bradford, May 8 - August 15, 2010, Exhibition Pamphlet and Poster." Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, 2010. First edition. English language. Folded paper exhibition pamphlet and poster in full-color. Contains exhibition synopisis, full-color reproductions of Bradford's work with didactic text, event times, and large poster image on verso. Folded: 10 x 8 inches. Unfolded: 19 3/4 x 31 3/4 inches. 2 oz. Indent from horizontal fold-line. Interior clean. Very Good Plus. No ISBN. No ASIN. "In addition to providing a comprehensive account of Bradford’s career to date with an emphasis on his work as a painter, the show foregrounded new works created under the auspices of a Wexner Center Residency Award in Visual Arts. Among those new works was an environmental installation with sound entitled 'Pinocchio Is On Fire,' which examines key moments in the history of the black community in Los Angeles from the early 1980s to the present (with cultural references that include the rise of HIV and crack cocaine during the 1980s, gangster rap, and mega-churches, along with aspects of the artist’s own biography). In addition, Bradford created two new works related to 'Mithra,' his monumental, ark-like public art project installed in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans for the Prospect 1 exhibition in 2008: a major new sculpture titled 'Detail,' which incorporates elements from 'Mithra,' and a film titled 'Across Canal,' which examines the conception, production, and reception of that work. Also commissioned for this show were an ambitious suite of paintings and four graphite drawings." |