Mark Bradford
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Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Bradford canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845856 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Bradford Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Mark Bradford]
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A.
Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
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B.
Sam Gilliam
Sam Gilliam was an influential American abstract painter known for his innovative draped and unstretched canvases that helped redefine the possibilities of color field painting.
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C.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
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D.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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E.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mark Bradford Target entity description: Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
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A.
Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
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B.
Sam Gilliam
Sam Gilliam was an influential American abstract painter known for his innovative draped and unstretched canvases that helped redefine the possibilities of color field painting.
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C.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
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D.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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E.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
ⓘ
human ⓘ mixed-media artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MacArthur Fellowship
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National Medal of Arts ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-11-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | California Institute of the Arts ⓘ |
| employer | self-employed artist ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Bradford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
abstract art
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contemporary art ⓘ installation art ⓘ mixed-media collage ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
ⓘ
conceptual art ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
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linked to:
Hammer Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Tate Modern, London ⓘ
linked to:
Tate Modern
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| movement |
abstract expressionism-influenced art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Mark Bradford ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
artworks addressing race, class, and urban experience
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large-scale abstract mixed-media collages ⓘ large-scale installations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Pickett’s Charge
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Scorched Earth ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| representedCountryAt | United States at the Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
advertising posters
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billboard paper ⓘ found materials ⓘ paper ⓘ string and cord ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn |
class
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race ⓘ urban experience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mark Bradford Description of subject: Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.