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Joe Bradley (b. 1975)
Simian Run
signed and dated 'Joe Bradley 2006' (on the overlap); signed again four times, dated again twice and titled 'SIMIAN RUN 2006 JOE BRADLEY' (on the reverse)
four elements--acrylic on canvas
overall: 108 x 36 in. (274.3 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 2006.
Provenance
PRISM, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Lot Essay

“At first glance, Joe Bradley’s abstract, monochromatic canvases look like experiments in Minimalism; longer viewing, however, reveals surprising levels of figuration and what Bradley calls an ‘intentional shoddiness’ that points to a dissatisfaction with the narrative of twentieth-century painting… Described by the artist as expressively ‘pathetic’ takes on heroic, large-scale Color Field works, they have the primitive feel of ancient totemic sculptures. At the same time, subtle color variations and surface texturing on flimsy store-bought canvases belie the fetishized perfection the paintings allude to.” – T.D. Whitney Biennial, 2008, p. 106.

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