Mark Bradford: End Papers

by Michael Auping

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Drawing on the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his South Los Angeles community, Mark Bradford is known for his wall-size collages and installations from scavenged materials. These artworks are responses to the impromptu networks— underground economies, migrant communities, or popular appropriation of abandoned public space—that emerge within a city. This book focuses on some of Bradford’s earliest works which take the form of subtle abstract collages made from end papers, small translucent paper that protects hair from overheating, which he learned to use while working as a hairdresser in his mother’s salon. Part painting and part collage, the...Read more
  • ISBN10 379135972X
  • ISBN13 9783791359724
  • Publish Date 5 March 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 27 June 2022
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Prestel