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Abstract black-and-white mixed media artwork featuring layered geometric forms, distressed textures, paint smears, and fragm…
Abstract black-and-white mixed media artwork featuring layered geometric forms, distressed textures, paint smears, and fragm…
Abstract black-and-white mixed media artwork featuring layered geometric forms, distressed textures, paint smears, and fragm…
Abstract black-and-white mixed media artwork featuring layered geometric forms, distressed textures, pa… — artist's signature
Abstract black-and-white mixed media artwork featuring layered geometric forms, distressed textures, paint smear… — edge view
Abstract black-and-white mixed media artwork featuring layered geometric forms, distressed textures, paint smears, … — detail
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Painting by Brad Smith 1 Artwork Sold

BAD X I

Mixed Media, Canvas board, Framed by Artist

24cm (W) x 33cm (H) x 3cm (D)

Original Artwork

Framed by Artist

A$200

Arrives 6 to 8 Nov

Free tracked, insured shipping Australia-wide.

Packed by the artist and sent to your door.

7-day trial at home

Hang it, live with it, see it in your own light. If it isn’t right, tell us within 7 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange collection.

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  • Full refund if the work isn’t right for your space, including framing
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Artwork Description

A collision of instinct and restraint, BAD X I. emerged without plan or narrative, driven purely by impulse and self-expression. Layers of black, white, texture, and fractured marks build and erase one another at the same time, leaving traces of tension beneath the surface. The work sits somewhere between order and collapse, balancing graphic precision against raw emotion. What remains is ambiguous and unresolved, inviting the viewer to project their own meaning into the void between the forms.

Artist Bio
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Brad Smith 9 artworks | 0 Sold

Brad Smith is a Sydney-based contemporary artist working across collage and mixed media, blending physical materials with digital processes to create layered, textural works. His practice often begins with analogue fragments such as paint, paper and photography, which are then reworked and extended into compositions that feel both raw and refined. His work explores tension and ambiguity, where order breaks down into distortion and meaning remains deliberately open. Influenced by urban environments and the quiet residue of everyday life, his pieces invite viewers to pause and interpret, revealing something different with each encounter.

Commissions
Brad's studio is in Sydney, New South Wales