Art Talk
Digging Inside: Artists as Archeologists
Edward talks about artists who are literally and figuratively digging inside.
By Edward Goldman • • 3m ListenThe press release for the solo exhibition by Mark Bradford at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles says that it is proud to present “the artist’s first gallery exhibition in his hometown…in over 15 years.” And proud, it should be.
In 2009, Mark Bradford was awarded the so-called “Genius Award” by the prestigious MacArthur Foundation. In the following years, an in-depth retrospective of his work traveled across the country, starting in Columbus, Ohio, then to Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco. To the dismay of Los Angeles art aficionados, this exhibition never came here, to his hometown.
(T) Mark Bradford. Finding Barry. 2015. (B) Detail image. Photos by Edward Goldman.
L: Portals, Njideka Akunyili Crosby. 2016. Image by Sharon Mollerus, Flickr. R: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama by Amy Sherald, oil on linen. 2018. Photo courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
