About the Work
Over the course of his multifarious artistic career, Joe Bradley has garnered much attention over his modular canvases arranged biomorphically and "Schmagoo" paintings that reference primal visual symbols. Bradley compares his oeuvre to skin, and says, despite its differences, "the work all shares the same sort of DNA." Once referred to as the "eternal line-maker," Bradley often shows his sense of humor and playfulness, a tendency that makes even the most spare works particularly accessible. His series recent to 2014 ranged from large black silhouettes of dancing figures on pure white backgrounds to chaotic, impastoed abstractions of colliding shapes and colors. We think that the smudges and negative space featured in Untitled (2014) embody the energy and charge of his hand.
Artist Biography
Joe Bradley (b. 1975, Maine) has held solo exhibitions at Gagosian (London, Geneva, Beverly Hills, New York), Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University (Waltham, MA), Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo), Château de Boisgeloup (Gisors, France), Galerie Eva Presenhuber (Zürich), KARMA (Amagansett, NY), Le Consortium (Dijon), Gavin Brown's Enterprise (New York), Journal Gallery (Brooklyn), Almine Rech (Paris), CANADA (New York), Peres Projects (Berlin, Los Angeles), as well as a two-person exhibition alongside Chris Martin at Mitchell-Innes & Nash (New York). Bradley's work is in the public collections of Albright-Knox Gallery (Buffalo), de la Cruz Collection (Miami), Fondation Louis Vuitton (Paris), The George Economou Collection (Athens), Hall Art Foundation (Reading, VT), Mead Art Museum at Amherst College (Amherst, MA), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Nytt Nasjonalmuseet, Fredriksen Family Collection (Oslo) and Whitney Museum of American Art (New York). Bradley lives and works in New York.
Authentication & Resale
This work is signed en verso and is accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
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Framing
Framed artwork is custom framed once it is ordered. Allow 3-5 weeks for framing and delivery.
FRAME
All of our frames are made from sustainably sourced engineered hardwood that is manufactured in the USA. Frames are available in Black or White Matte and Walnut.
MAT
Prints are hinged to a conservation quality, acid-free and lignin-free Cellulose matboard, using acid-free polyethylene cloth tape. Each mat’s surface paper is fade and bleed resistant and is attached to a conversation quality foam-core board. Some of our work (typically those pieces with a deckled edge) is floated on the matboard with spacers to separate the artwork from the glazing.
GLAZING
We use museum quality .060 mm plexiglass to frame your work. It blocks 82-85% of UV rays to prevent color fading from exposure to light, protecting your art for years to come.
DIMENSIONS
Our White and Black frames have a ⅞” wide flat face and are 15/16” deep. Mats are 1” wide for prints up to 8” x 10”. Mats are 2” wide for prints larger than 8” x 10”.
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Any artwork that is floated will be placed in a frame that has a ⅝” wide flat face and is 1 5/16” deep. Work will be floated with a 1” border around it.
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