Photos: Joe Bradley: Mr. Schmagoo
Joe Bradley has bobbed and weaved his way through varied styles—from scrawled primitive paintings to mod monochromes—but his rise to art world fame has been a straight shot.
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Joe Bradley, in his studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with The Fiddler, 2015. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
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Works in progress. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
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Bradley’s Natch Suite, 2011. Courtesy of Private Collection.
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JJ Ram, 2014. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
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“Schmagoo Paintings,” on view at Canada gallery, 2008. Courtesy of CANADA.
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Jazz, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
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Untitled, 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
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Works in progress in the studio. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
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Wooden figures the artist incorporates into his sculptures. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
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A series of recent drawings. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
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Bradley with his Untitled, 2015. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
