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20-colour silkscreen print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper. Hand-signed by the artist.

Scorched Earth by Mark Bradford is a 2025 silkscreen that reflects the artist’s layered approach to abstraction and his ongoing engagement with social, political, and urban themes. A dense network of black geometric forms dominates the composition, interrupted by vibrant fragments of color and set against a vivid red-orange background. The intricate surface evokes maps, city grids, and traces of construction or erosion, suggesting both creation and destruction. Bradford’s practice often draws inspiration from the textures and visual language of the urban environment, transforming complex patterns into powerful metaphors for history, inequality, and resilience. Published in an edition of 524, Scorched Earth demonstrates the artist’s ability to combine formal complexity with compelling conceptual depth through the medium of printmaking.

Mark Bradford (USA, 1961) is a contemporary artist known for his large-scale abstract paintings and installations that incorporate materials like billboard paper and string. His work addresses themes of identity, race, and urban life, blending social commentary with layered, textural aesthetics. Bradford is a prominent figure in the global art scene.

Mark Bradford

Scorched Earth, 2025

Name: Scorched Earth, 2025
SKU: 17701

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Silkscreen

Silkscreen Silkscreen is a printmaking method that uses a screen made of silk or other mesh fabric. The screen is treated with a substance that blocks ink in certain areas, allowing ink to pass through only in the desired sections. Each color in the print requires a separate screen.

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Edition of 524

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20-colour silkscreen print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper. Hand-signed by the artist.

Mark Bradford

Scorched Earth, 2025

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

EUR 5,000 - 7,000

Mark Bradford

630C-MB03, 2003

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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My practice is not about critique; it's about participation.
- Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford is an American artist who works in a variety of mediums to produce abstract paintings that touch on ideas of individuality, belonging, and social justice. His works feature elements like hair, paper, and other objects and are inspired by his upbringing in African-American communities in Los Angeles. References to the past, present, and future, as well as personal and political themes, and the built environment, are common elements in Bradford's multilayered and textured canvases.

The works of Mark Bradford that are most widely known and discussed are "May Day," which was inspired by political activism and resistance, "Helter Shelter," which deals with the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and "Pickett's Charge," which was created in response to the events of the 2020 George Floyd protests and the ongoing racial justice movement. Mark Bradford is a well-known artist whose pieces often cause viewers to question and reconsider their own assumptions about the universe. He has become a major voice in contemporary abstract art thanks to his groundbreaking use of materials and techniques to create striking and emotionally resonant works that tackle weighty cultural and political issues.

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Abstract art uses form, shape, line, and color to create a visual experience without attempting to represent external reality. The composition exists independently of the world's visual references, focusing on expressing ideas and emotions through non-representational means.

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Mark Bradford

Scorched Earth, 2025

62.3 x 76 cm

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