"What's available on the surface isn't all that's there."

Mark Bradford layers fragments of torn and sanded paper collage with acrylic paint to build a richly textured surface that simultaneously reveals and conceals the strata beneath. The work's title suggests an excavation of meaning, inviting viewers to look beyond the immediate visual field toward the hidden histories and social narratives embedded within the material accumulations. Bradford's process of building up and abrading the surface mirrors the complex, often obscured layers of urban experience and identity that define his broader practice.