Jia Maa
2026
A dynamic composition of boldly outlined organic forms in vibrant reds, blues, yellows, and blacks dominates this large-scale canvas. The abstracted figuration suggests bodily or gestural presences through floating circular, curved, and angular shapes set against a dark ground, with white outlines creating visual separation between forms. Bradley employs a maximalist approach to color and layering, balancing gestural expressionism with Pop sensibility, where overlapping planes of saturated pigment evoke both bodily fragmentation and celebratory visual abundance. The work exemplifies contemporary figurative abstraction's engagement with post-Pop legacies while maintaining a distinctly physicalized, almost sculptural approach to painting.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Overall
- Location
- David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
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Artists in conversation
Philip Guston
American · b. 1913
Guston's late figurative paintings share Bradley's bold black outlines, dark grounds, and cartoonish organic forms rendered in saturated reds and flesh tones, blending gestural expressionism with a raw Pop sensibility and maximalist layering of abstracted bodily presences.
Dana Schutz
American · b. 1976
Schutz works in large scale oil on canvas with vibrant layered palettes and boldly outlined abstracted figures, combining gestural expressionism with a contemporary figurative approach where overlapping organic forms suggest bodily presence through dynamic compositional energy.
Amy Sillman
American · b. 1955
Sillman's paintings similarly merge gestural abstraction with figuration through boldly colored organic and curved forms on dark grounds, employing a maximalist layering of saturated pigment and expressive brushwork that balances abstracted body studies with post-Pop color intensity.
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