Joe Bradley

Art Brokerage: Joe Bradley American Artist: Bradley was born in Kittery, Maine. He makes paintings resembling human figures from assembled canvases which reference Color Field painting and Minimalism. Bradley has said his work is "intentionally shoddy" and "pathetic" thanks in part to his use of flimsy shop-bought canvases, but he selects his colours and surface textures with care. He received his BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1999. Influenced by artists such as Willem de Kooning (American/Dutch, 1904–1997), Cy Twombly (American, 1928–2011), and Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956), Bradley has gained critical acclaim through his radical approach to creating art, applying paint to both sides of the canvas, and allowing the paint on the reverse to bleed through to the front in anthropomorphic shapes. Bradley is also known for painting flat on the floor, and welcomes (even cultivates) accidental marks and the picking up of paint, dirt, and various other elements from the floor. Listings wanted.