Mark Bradford began his exploration of sculpture during the Covid-19 pandemic - studying online with Sussex-based sculptor Marcus Cornish MRSS, through the Royal Drawing School. He found an honesty in sculpture and instinctively connected with the medium’s unique ability to capture and preserve the expression of an idea in three dimensions and to reflect upon and intervene in the world.

The sculptural objects in this exhibition are a unique physical record of Mark’s personal response to some of the ideas and philosophical thoughts contained in the allegories and writings of the past.

Walking in the West Sussex landscape has inspired many of these objects. Finding that Nature - often in an instant - can reveal itself by colliding with his inner voice and thoughts. An interestingly shaped flint picked-up from a freshly ploughed field; the trajectory of the falling autumn leaves - found objects and observations alike, acting in concert with his thoughts, pointing him towards a way of expressing artistically what is on his mind.

Mark is excited to bring these sculptural objects together for the first time under the roof of Oxmarket Contemporary – a place with an ancient and unique history; for his sculptural objects to share this space with viewers on the same terms and to see what sensations are created in the minds of those that experience them.

MYTH

PHILOSOPHY

NATURE

DREAMS