Skip main navigation
The Brooklyn Museum

Collections: Contemporary Art




Mark Bradford: Jheri Now, Curl Later

Mark Bradford (American, b. 1961). Jheri Now, Curl Later, 2001. Multimedia on canvas, 72 x 84 in. (182.9 x 213.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by Dr. and Mrs. Philip J. Kozinn, 2001.85

In his painting, Mark Bradford, a Los Angeles-based artist, incorporates the materials of his other profession, as a hair stylist, into his paintings. Blending the tools of the African American beauty trade with the more traditional medium of paint on canvas, Bradford crafts works that comment on both aesthetic and cultural phenomena. Pairing a "high art" medium with objects from daily life enables the artist to create subtle works that demonstrate his passion for issues of race, class, gender, and art-world politics.

Return
Next