▁human - im posed ▁structure . ▁It ▁succeed s . ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁this ▁synth esis ▁occurs ▁on ▁a ▁strictly ▁sub lim inal ▁level : ▁and ▁it ’ s ▁good ▁that ▁it ▁does ▁because ▁it ▁keeps ▁one ▁thinking , ▁question ing ." ▁ ▁— Michael ▁We izen bach , ▁The ▁Washington ▁Times , ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁ ▁" Art ▁gall eries ▁no ▁longer ▁show ▁much ▁car ved ▁stone ▁sculpt ure ▁which ▁makes ▁the ▁show ▁by ▁Brad ford ▁Gra ves ▁something ▁of ▁an ▁anom aly . ▁ ▁He ▁wants ▁it ▁to ▁say ▁stone ▁in ▁the ▁traditional ▁sense , ▁but ▁he ▁also ▁tries ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁a ▁vehicle ▁for ▁contemporary ▁sculpt ural ▁language . ▁This ▁results ▁in ▁work ▁that ▁looks ▁a ▁bit ▁other ▁world ly , ▁as ▁if ▁it ▁had ▁dropped ▁in ▁from ▁another ▁planet .... The ▁sculpt ures ▁look ▁arch a ic , ▁like ▁ar che ological ▁artifact s . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand ▁their ▁abstra ction ▁is ▁organ ic ▁and ▁totally ▁contemporary ▁which ▁sets ▁up ▁a ▁rather ▁vig orous ▁cl ash ▁of ▁sens ations . ▁... E ither ▁way , ▁it ▁gets ▁your ▁attention ." ▁ ▁— The ▁Philadelphia ▁In qu ir er , ▁April ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁ ▁" B rad ford ▁Gra ves ▁sust ains ▁the ▁greatest ▁amount ▁of ▁interest ▁through ▁his ▁low - key ed ▁and ▁highly ▁ev oc ative ▁works ▁of ▁prof ound ▁original ity .... H is ▁work ▁comb ines ▁p all id , ▁subt ly ▁text