Fortune Teller #6 is one of a series of hand-printed sheets featuring colourfully abstracted imprints taken from the disassembled parts of a Victorian carriage clock. Set against the digital backdrop of randomly selected stock options and arbitrary lap times, the resulting image knowingly flirts with the inevitable assignation of value by the viewer. Every encounter with art includes a moment of speculation, analysis and finally, judgement. The final judgement being the biggest idea of all.
Shane Bradford is a practicing artist, curator, and teller of self-evident truths. Born, raised, and living in London England, Bradford habitually targets the confluence of materiality and meaning in his work. An integral layer of understated humour belies a determination to speak plainly and playfully about the nature of objects and visual language, as well as the notional systems in which they operate. From books dipped in multi-coloured layers of liquid emulsion, to large-scale canvasses imprinted with the painterly marks of dismantled machinery, the overall game is aesthetic and artistic delight, balanced with acerbic observation.
