
Big Boy
2010
"Big Boy" by Joe Bradley is a raw and visceral work rendered in oil, oilstick, grease, and studio detritus on joined canvas, reflecting the artist's embrace of process, chance, and material accumulation. Bradley's signature approach merges gestural mark-making with an almost archaeological layering of the studio environment itself, blurring the line between painting and artifact. The result is a work that feels simultaneously primitive and self-aware, channeling art historical references while remaining firmly rooted in the physical act of making.
- Medium
- oil, oilstick, grease and studio detritus on joined canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
November 16, 2017
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