Joe Bradley (b. 1975)
DEATH IN AMERICA: Selections from the Zadig & Voltaire Collection
Joe Bradley (b. 1975)

Untitled (Black Bust)

Details
Joe Bradley (b. 1975)
Untitled (Black Bust)
two elements--acrylic on canvas
overall: 112 x 160 in. (304.8 x 406.4 cm.)
Painted in 2014-2016.
Provenance
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
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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