Joe Bradley’s versatile painterly oeuvre has suggested allusions to Abstract Expressionism, to Philip Guston, or to Minimal Art, all with a very contemporarily distant, not entirely tangible twist that nonchalantly oscillates between irony and melancholy. Recently, however, Bradley has developed a new visual language that is entirely his own and also sparked a dialogue between his canvases and his works on paper—as if they were nodding to each other.
Despair
2023
Folding table, bronze
93 x 88 x 34.5 cm / 36 5/8 x 34 5/8 x 13 5/8 in
© Joe Bradley
Midnight
2023
Wood, metal, light bulb Sculpture
59.5 x 38 x 22.5 cm / 23 3/8 x 15 x 8 7/8 in
© Joe Bradley
Untitled
2020
Graphite on paper Sheet
21 x 15 cm / 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in
Frame 38 x 32 x 4 cm / 15 x 12 5/8 x 1 5/8 in
© Joe Bradley
Nightshade
2018–2020
Oil on canvas
158 x 203.5 x 3.5 cm / 62 1/4 x 80 1/8 x 1 3/8 in
© Joe Bradley
Untitled
2020
Pencil on paper
Sheet 28 x 34 cm / 11 x 13 3/8 in
Frame 35.5 x 42 x 3.5 cm / 13 7/8 x 16 1/2 x 1 3/8 in
© Joe Bradley
City at Dawn
2019
Oil on canvas
152.5 x 196 x 5.5 cm / 60 x 77 1/4 x 2 1/4 in
© Joe Bradley
XYZ Painting
2017
Acrylic on canvas
289.5 x 175.5 cm / 114 x 69 in
© Joe Bradley
Eric's Hair
2016
Oil on canvas
266.5 x 335.5 cm / 105 x 132 in
© Joe Bradley
New Day
2016
Aluminum
213.5 x 366 x 122 cm / 84 x 144 x 48 in
© Joe Bradley
Untitled
2015
Charcoal on paper; unframed
61 x 45.5 cm / 24 x 18 in
© Joe Bradley
JJ Space
2014
Acrylic on canvas; 3 parts
284.5 x 406.5 x 3.5 cm / 112 x 160 x 1 3/8 in
© Joe Bradley
Dick
2014
Silkscreen on canvas
51 x 36 x 2 cm / 20 1/8 x 14 1/8 x 7/8 in
© Joe Bradley
Norman
2012
Oil on canvas; wooden frame
Image 269.5 x 335 x 4 cm / 106 1/8 x 131 7/8 x 1 5/8 in
Frame 271.5 x 337.5 x 4 cm / 106 7/8 x 132 7/8 x 1 5/8 in
© Joe Bradley
Two Runners
2011
Oil on canvas; 7 parts
Installation 302.26 x 213.36 cm / 119 x 84 in
(1x) 213.36 x 101.6 cm / 84 x 40 in
(2x) 160.02 x 45.72 cm / 63 x 18 in
(2x) 81.28 x 45.72 cm / 32 x 18 in
(2x) 40.64 x 30.48 cm / 16 x 12 in
© Joe Bradley
