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Joe Bradley — Big Boy
Joe Bradley

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 The result is a work that feels simultaneously primitive and self-aware, channeling art historical references while remaining firmly rooted in the physical act of making.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

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 16, 2017

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Joe Bradley, 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 The result is a work that feels simultaneously primitive and self-aware, channeling art historical references while remaining firmly rooted in the physical act of making.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
Year
2010
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Abstract Art, Experimental Materials, Large Format Canvas, Neo-Primitivism, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Figurative Elements, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, Earthy Tones, Raw And Primitive, American Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Figurative Art, Large Format, 21st Century, Raw And Rough, Raw And Crude, Playful Mood

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