ures ▁challenge ▁to ▁invent ▁their ▁own ▁relevant ▁mean ings ... th ese ▁silent ▁pieces ▁of ▁ch ise led ▁rock ▁pl umb ▁the ▁sub lime . ▁In ▁their ▁unique ▁way ▁they ▁ill uminate ▁myst ical ▁depth s ... there ▁is ▁a ▁growing ▁cot erie ▁of ▁adm ir ers ▁able ▁to ▁appreciate ▁the ▁maj esty ▁implicit ▁in ▁Gra ves ’ ▁language ▁of ▁form ." ▁— B ur ton ▁Wass erman , ▁Art ▁Mat ters , ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁ ▁" B rad ford ▁Gra ves ▁is ▁an ▁original ▁and ▁ingen ious ▁form ▁mak er .... G ra ves ’ ▁display , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁striking ▁and ▁prof ound ▁sculpt ure ▁solo ▁exhib itions ▁in ▁Philadelphia ▁in ▁recent ▁years , ▁presents ▁a ▁prof usion ▁of ▁abstract ▁shapes ▁that ▁seem ▁to ▁well ▁up ▁from ▁the ▁artists ▁imagination ▁as ▁in ▁natural ▁growth ." ▁— V ict oria ▁Don oh oe , ▁The ▁Philadelphia ▁In qu ir er , ▁March ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁ ▁" B rad ford ▁Gra ves ’ ▁sculpt ure ▁is ▁complex . ▁We ▁see ▁car ved ▁lim estone ▁sl abs ▁that ▁look ▁like ▁the ▁ru ins ▁of ▁ancient ▁walls . ▁In ▁front ▁of ▁them ▁are ▁horizontal ▁pieces ▁of ▁lim estone ▁gro oved ▁in ▁a ▁geomet rical ▁pattern . ▁ ▁One ▁sens es ▁obsc ure , ▁myst ical ▁meaning ▁which ▁is ▁moving ... G ra ves ’ ▁work ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁describe ▁but ▁very ▁much ▁worth ▁seeing ... G ra ves ▁is ▁a ▁sculpt or ▁worth