Mark Bradford's *Ahab's Revenge* is a large-scale mixed-media work that exemplifies the artist's signature layered approach, incorporating found materials, paper, and paint built up and excavated to reveal a complex, textured surface. Drawing on the obsessive, destructive pursuit embodied by Herman Melville's iconic captain, Bradford transforms the canvas into a charged landscape of accumulated history and social tension. The work reflects Bradford's ongoing exploration of urban environments, systemic forces, and the raw energy embedded within discarded, everyday materials.