DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art presents the first museum survey devoted to one of the leading figures in contemporary art, Mark Bradford. The critically acclaimed exhibition, on view October 16, 2011, through January 15, 2012, features over forty works spanning a decade of Mark Bradford’s career. Bradford is best known for his collaged paintings that express the energy and poetry of life in the city, particularly Los Angeles, where the artist lives and works. The New York Times praises Bradford for tackling “the full spectrum of subjects, [making] his abstraction feel deep.” A recipient of a 2009 MacArthur Foundation Award, Bradford uses found materials including merchant posters, homemade flyers, salvaged plywood, and permanent wave endpapers to create his vibrant, textured compo-