But the gags are predominantly broad and the cynically - minded
commentary, which touches on everything from
cultural capitalism and art world smuggery to the current political climate and the fickleness of success, doesn't run very
deep.
Bradford employs the «tools of civilization» — billboards, merchant posters, newsprint, comics, magazines, and endpapers — to conflate
cultural and political forces, and create layers of social
commentary in paintings that evoke
deep feeling.