Despite her
use of conventional
media, Abts» Turner Prize win in 2006 has paved the way for a hipper assessment
of her work than most painting generates in a climate that favors
improvisational, site - specific installation projects.
Bradford's
improvisational approach to his surfaces has obvious precedents in Abstract Expressionism, while his process evokes such Nouveaux Réalisme artists as Jacques Villeglé and Mimmo Rotella, who
used commercial
media and décollage to explore the symbolic dimension
of urban streetscapes.