He has been methodically and insistently dipping objects in sequences of technicolour emulsion. Lollypop stick, baby's dummy, Paul Smith toothbrush, toy car and spoon. Each is subjected to a precision process which eventually renders the original object an ossified version of itself, seemingly appended by a thick drip of still, concentric paint.

The geometric, graphic compositions that the paint assumes upon the objects is literally only the surface of one's desire towards them. As you may have noticed, the pre- and post- dip objects have connotations of oral usage. Add to this the shiny, gelatinous disposition of the juicy colours, and Bradford's painted objects seem literally good enough to eat. 'I like you so much...mmm...I want to eat you!'

Bradford's luscious, sweet objects employ paint to remind us that desire is an index of mortality. Eat this, sate your desire, and be prepared to pay the price for your pleasure principle.

Extract from ‘Eat My Desire’ by Shumon Basar, published in SexyMachinery (issue 09, 2003)