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Joe Bradley — "That's what I liked about the figures...they seemed to evoke the glory of Egypt while remaining completely ridiculous" -Joe Bradley
Joe Bradley

"That's what I liked about the figures...they seemed to evoke the glory of Egypt while remaining completely ridiculous" -Joe Bradley

2010

Two large-scale panels form a diptych of bold, primitive figures rendered in flat, graphic silkscreen ink, their simplified forms hovering between ancient hieroglyphic imagery and cartoonish abstraction. Bradley channels the monumental weight of Egyptian iconography while maintaining a deliberately crude, almost comedic awkwardness in the figures' postures and outlines. The tension between the sacred and the absurd is at the heart of this work, where ceremonial grandeur collapses into irreverent humor.

Medium
silkscreen on canvas, diptych

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 17, 2016

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Joe Bradley, "That's what I liked about the figures...they seemed to evoke the glory of Egypt while remaining completely ridiculous" -Joe Bradley, 2010

Two large-scale panels form a diptych of bold, primitive figures rendered in flat, graphic silkscreen ink, their simplified forms hovering between ancient hieroglyphic imagery and cartoonish abstraction. Bradley channels the monumental weight of Egyptian iconography while maintaining a deliberately crude, almost comedic awkwardness in the figures' postures and outlines. The tension between the sacred and the absurd is at the heart of this work, where ceremonial grandeur collapses into irreverent humor.

Medium
silkscreen on canvas, diptych
Year
2010
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Playful Irreverence, Ancient Egypt Reference, Neo-Primitivism, Male Artist, Humor And Absurdity, Ancient Egypt Influence, Emerging Cult Figure, Absurdist Imagery, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, Diptych, American Artist, Silkscreen, Pop Art Sensibility, Egyptian Imagery, Figurative Art, 21st Century, Gestural Style, Silkscreen On Canvas, Absurdist Humor, Diptych Format

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