Joe Bradley
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Biography
Ph: Louis CanadasBorn 1975 in Kittery, ME
Lives and works in New York
Joe Bradley has a diverse art practice deeply rooted in painting. His work defies easy categorization as he deftly moves across artistic movements and modes, weaving together personal and art historical references in his irreverent, self-assured style.
Bradley usually creates his improvisational, mixed-media canvases unprimed and unstretched on his studio floor, leading the finished paintings to bear the traces of the artistic process they underwent. Unconventional materials surface in the finished works, some even bearing seams where fragments of canvas have been stitched together in a collage-like manner. Figuration features to varying degrees across Bradley‘s oeuvre, employing both geometric and organic forms, sometimes iconography, while other times engaging in a more minimalist painting tradition with monochrome swaths of color. Swaying always between earnestness and irony in his expression, Bradley continually provides a unique take on abstract painting and Western artistic traditions.
Joe Bradley‘s work has been shown at various institutions worldwide, incuding Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Kunstmuseum Bonn; Bozar / Center of Fine Arts, Brussels; Whitney Museum of American Art (2008 Whitney Biennal); Le Consortium Museum, Dijon; Museum of Modern Art; New York; MoMA PS1, Long Island, NY, among others. Bradley‘s work can be found in the collections of the The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Pinault Collection, Paris / Venice; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Sammlung Ringier, Switzerland; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon; Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT; The Luma Foundation, Zurich / Arles; Rosa de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL, among others.
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Joe BradleyUntitled, 2021Graphite on paperSigned and dated versoPaper dimensions:
30.5 x 30.5 cm / 12 x 12 inches
Framed dimensions:
39.3 x 39.3 cm / 15.5 x 15.5 inches -
Joe BradleyUntitled, 2021Graphite on paperSigned and dated versoPaper dimensions:
24 x 32 cm / 9.5 x 12.6 inches
Framed dimensions:
32.8 x 40.8 cm / 12.9 x 16.1 inches
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Works
Joe Bradley
NDE, 2021Oil on canvasSigned and dated verso230 x 190 cm
90.6 x 74.8 inchesB-JBRADLEY-.21-0022Further images
In this work Joe Bradley elaborates on a form of expression that he developed in the early 2000s. Conventionally the canvas is simply the carrier of the painting – in...In this work Joe Bradley elaborates on a form of expression that he developed in the early 2000s. Conventionally the canvas is simply the carrier of the painting – in this case it takes on the leading role as primary material within the work itself.
Bradley uses the canvas as a sculptural form, creating a sense of depth with multiple layers - facing and facing away from the viewer - and experimenting with the medium’s physical properties. The only information the artist grants the viewer in terms of its meaning is the title of the work itself, NDE, which is an abbreviature for the term Near Death Experience. Subtle color scheme and gestural marks on the front of the canvas, vivid colouring and a typical suggestion of a white painted figure on the back, provide additional depth to the work.
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En esta obra, Joe Bradley profundiza en una forma de expresión que desarrolló a principios de la década de 2000. Convencionalmente, el lienzo es simplemente el soporte de la pintura; en este caso, asume el papel protagonista dentro de la obra. Bradley utiliza el lienzo como una forma escultórica, absteniéndose de añadir capas de pintura, dejando que hable por sí mismo. La única información que el artista proporciona al espectador en cuanto a su significado es el propio título de la obra, NDE, que es una abreviatura del término Near Death Experience (experiencia cercana a la muerte). Las sutiles marcas gestuales, el deterioro visible en el lienzo y sus numerosas imperfecciones aportan una profundidad adicional a la obra.
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