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<\/a>\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘Untitled’, 2013.
\n120-1\/4 x 123 in. framed.
\ncurrently on view in:
\nJOE BRADLEY – ‘LOTUS BEATERS’, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, until JUNE 29, 2013.
\nPHOTO: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n
it’s funny how sometimes the most simple, and most minimal ‘enterprise’ – is the most provocative, and therefore: profound.
\nand, as is usually the case with art – right on the – proverbial .. dot.<\/p>\n
case in point. ‘untitled’ above, the only untitled<\/em> painting in this show. well, how about . . ‘North West’ ?<\/p>\n there’s so much one could project upon this simple .. one color, green on white; one form, flower-like .. large canvas. <\/p>\n apart from the ‘a-cute’ cultural note .. little baby Kimye receives a name !! and so, poetic.<\/p>\n first of course is the quilt\/grid orientation, and the essential\/eternal 4 points – north, south, east and, west. d-i-r-e-c-t-i-o-n. what’s really going on here. is it all, that is: life .. all blank, without that touch of the ‘green’ divine ? that ONE quarter of flower burst. is it – the key to: Beauty, Creation .. life itself. inspiration.<\/p>\n is it ok, and, in fact NECESSARY . . to be ecstatic, and to experience altered consciousness – to wake up the north west – region – in an otherwise white, unwrit, mundane, banal, well: muggle-like complacency ?<\/p>\n is a little magic .. in order ?<\/p>\n is Lotus eating, ok in moderation, or does the need for Lotus Beating .. and the constant tension and war that ensues, .. yin yang, play a part in our world’s dynamic and cycles. is this how .. a painting begins ?<\/p>\n is that painterly north west sector – the birth of the universe, the big bang. not just the setting of the sun.<\/p>\n is this how .. an abstract ‘platform’ begins to take on a wordless .. voice ?<\/p>\n is this how we face a painting – like a mirror.<\/p>\n do we need absence, as in the other 3 ’empty’ quarters to know, to realize .. the beginning of form and color and expression ?<\/p>\n do we need contrast of form vs empty – to know and realize the diff between ‘engaged’ and beckoning vs nothingness. angst in a nutshell ?<\/p>\n is this a poem to love ? to know life, is the beginning \/ is this an ode .. to “bio”-ness.<\/p>\n is creation, more easy to discern, in the field of ’empty’ ?<\/p>\n I offer these thoughts to you . . . on a summer’s hazy afternoon. <\/p>\n LOTUS EATER .. of the mind. P.S.<\/p>\n they are going to call her NORI for short. Nori means ‘believe’ .. in Japanese.<\/p>\n well it could be worse, Knori ?!! continues . . . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JOE BRADLEY .. the artworld’s answer to KIM & KANYE’s baby name ? I think it’s a great name. and no, you can’t be all serious – all the time. esp if you want to understand contemporary art – you have to consider contemporary culture. art 101. JOE BRADLEY, ‘Untitled’, 2013. 120-1\/4 x 123 in. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17143"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18164,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17143\/revisions\/18164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nwell, maybe Joe felt the title hadn’t revealed itself yet ?<\/p>\n
\nsolar orientation. the 24 hrs of the day. the way we chart .. the round ‘ball’ we live on. <\/p>\n
\nis this painting .. a ‘color’ chart with regard to show’s BIG QUESTION: Lotus Beater v.s Eater ?<\/p>\n
\nthe green divine of floa and fauna. of man’s spirit, and mind. body and soul. <\/p>\n
\nis WILD.<\/p>\n
\nin life and our understanding of it and .. therefore: creativity, too ?<\/p>\n
\nLOTUS BEATER of the run-away . . im-pulse. <\/p>\n
\nKnorth, haha. as in ya, silent k – know !!
\nall good. (in the universe.)<\/p>\n