The most striking feature in Mark Bradford's collage works is the tight formation of found materials which becomes a type of mosaic as a whole. Sharp, geometric shapes cover the majority of canvases, consisting mostly of rectangular objects held in a pattern resembling a top view of the city or an urban map. The large canvas size of Bradford's works provide immense congregation of collage materials forming larger shapes as a whole and create a sense of layering as the image is viewed from different distances and perspectives.
Many of Bradford's work make strong use of low-key values, featuring either black or white as dominant negative space colors. More contrasting colors such as blue vs red in “Window Shopper” are added in to provide variety and placed next to opposing colors to create balance.
The collection of merchant posters provide different aspect of Bradford's works, involving a pattern of large, bold text laid on top of high-contrast backdrop and putting them all together to create a wall of text with huge variety in font, size, and bright background colors.
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