SoCal Minds

Alma mater's deep ties to 'genius' grant winner

From CalArts

Some belated catching up with the $500,000 MacArthur fellowship "genius" award to artist Mark Bradford, who is an alum and whose career got key support from from showings in Valencia and downtown at RedCat.

'Genius' alum celebrated, including samples of his art 

Artist Scratches at Complex, Modern Arab World

From REDCAT & CalArts

On the one hand, his world explodes with new possibilities of support for contemporary and modern art    -- workshops, grants, schools, festivals, exhibits, journals and public and private collectors. On the other hand, there's a history in his part of the world of creating art just to satisfy monied visitors and tourists. And, then, of course, wars rage and his peers and colleagues have offered up their own visions and theories to make their work fit a greater context. So how does an Arab artist respond to this all? Maybe by "Scratching on Things I Could Disavow?"

An Arab Artist 'Scratching on Things I Could Disavow'