{"id":707,"date":"2008-10-25T15:15:05","date_gmt":"2008-10-25T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/10\/25\/joe-bradleycanadato-nite\/"},"modified":"2008-11-07T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T17:01:44","slug":"joe-bradleycanadato-nite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2008\/10\/25\/joe-bradleycanadato-nite\/","title":{"rendered":"~JOE BRADLEY\/CANADA\/to-nite !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOE BRADLEY – ‘Shmagoo Paintings’ – OPENS To-NITE – SAT OCT 25, 6-9 PM !!
\nthe show runs: OCT 25 – DEC 3, 2008
\nCANADA – 55 CHRYSTIE ST – btwn HESTER & CANAL – CHINATOWN\/L.E.S – NYC<\/p>\n

this Joe’s second solo show at Canada – is that all – !! – so much has happened to this guy since then – he has shot up like a flame !!<\/p>\n

this show comprises: work “drawn with grease pencil on white canvas – the boldness of the ‘one shot’ method is undermined by the absurdity of the subject matter: scrawls and doodles that move in and out figuration . . . They are a waste of time to try to understand and a pleasure to pursue. . . .
\n“For the past two and a half years, Mr. Bradley (!!!! love that, Mr. Bradley !!<\/em>) has reconstituted monochromatic painting into a kind of composite building block. By combining stacks of brightly colored panels, Mr. Bradley made paintings that were simultaneously abstract and figurative.”<\/p>\n

“I came across the word ‘Schmagoo’ in a book about New York City drug culture in the 1960’s, it was (is?) used as a slang for Heroin. This struck me as kind of funny, that a narcotic as deep and dark as Smack could end up with such a goofy nick name. Sounds like a Jewish super hero or something. The word stuck with me, and i began to think of ‘Schmagoo’ as short for hand for some sort of Cosmic Substance … Primordial Muck. The stuff that gave birth to everything. Base matter. The Bardo. in approaching this body of work, I have been thinking of Painting as a metaphor for the original creative act. The word made Flesh. The transmutation of Schmagoo into Alchemical Gold” – Joe Bradley
\n– press release.<\/p>\n

see: artlovers’ coverage of Joe’s first show at CANADA\/KURGAN WAVES\/Jan 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

CANADA<\/a><\/p>\n

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UP-DATE: TUES – NOV 4, 2008 – PHOTOS FROM THE OPENING !!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJOE BRADLEY arrives and greets Sarah Braman’s youngest son, JODY.<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJoe is show and telling him, something – delightful !!<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nnext to be meet and greeted . . . JOE BRADLEY and DASH SNOW !!<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJOE BRADLEY and DASH SNOW – 2 talented characters – if I ever did see one.<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\ncharmingly attired in formal wear – DAN COLEN makes a rare appearance.<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nMIKE PARE – came by. he has one of his big Navajo Blanket Drawings in the new ATM Galley space show – ‘East Moves West’ . . .
\nsee: ATM GALLERY\/EAST MOVES WEST<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Gordon
\nlikewise – GORDON TERRY – also has some beautiful small pieces in the new ATM show.
\nsee: ATM GALLERY\/EAST MOVES WEST<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJUSTIN SAMSON and PETE PEZZIMENTI.
\nPETE will have four new small paintings in the next MONYA ROWE group show – which will inaugurate her<\/em> new space.
\nShe is relocating to 504 W 22nd St – 2nd FL.
\nthe opening is this Sat, Nov 8, 2008 – 6-8pm; and the show runs thru Dec 20, 2008
\nsee: MONYA ROWE<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nPete brought along a friend, SCOTT KIERNAN, just in from the West Coast – San Francisco.
\nat left, FRANKIE MARTIN, at right, PETE PEZZIMENTI.<\/p>\n

\"Pete
\nPETE PEZZIMENTI and A-Ron, cross paths for the first time at the Joe Bradley opening.<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nanother meeting of kinetic minds !! from left: JUSTIN SAMSON; PAUL H-O, co-director of ‘Guest of Cindy Sherman’ fame; NICK PAYNE of BOBO; and PHIL COTE also of Philly’s notorious dynamo art goup\/band – BOBO <\/p>\n

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\nBRENDAN CASS.<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJASON FOX. word on the street is Jason Fox just left FEATURE and will show with PETER BLUM,
\nin Soho, in January 2009.
\nJOE BRADLEY just included a wonderful drawing by Mr. FOX . . ‘Negrodomus’, 2006 – in his recent curatorial stint of SALON XXIV – in the newest THE JOURNAL, ENTRY NO. 24 !!
\nsee: LEIGH JOHNSON & JOE BRADLEY\/THE JOURNAL – there is a photo of Mr. Fox’s drawing !!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJULIA DIPPELHOFER and MICHAEL NEVINS of THE JOURNAL MAGAZINE and GALLERY.
\nsee: THE JOURNAL !!<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nbut onto the art !! – the overwhelming consensus was – JOE BRADLEY outdid even himself – with this newest rendition of his cerebral magic – and right-on-the-edge mark – signature – Joe Bradley – in-your-face and yet human !! show of work, nobody – but, Joe coulda woulda thought up !!
\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘On The Cross’, grease pencil on canvas, 2008. <\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘Superman’, grease pencil on canvas, 2008<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘Neil’, grease pencil on canvas, 2008<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘Neil’, grease pencil on canvas.
\nthe girl in the coat ? PAIGE PERRIN, who happens to be a production assistant at MARC JACOBS, and yes, that gorgeous coat is<\/em> a MARC JACOBS.
\nwhat a great design\/art combo – JOE BRADLEY -& – MARC JACOBS !!<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nsee, the abstract painting really does take on a human persona !! look its alive and smiling.
\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘Neil’, grease pencil on canvas, 2008.<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘Manmade Dirigible’, grease pencil on canvas, 2008<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nJOE BRADLEY, ‘Number 23’, grease pencil on canvas, 2008<\/p>\n

\"Joe
\nNOAM RAPPAPORT, also with work, in the ATM – ‘EAST MOVES WEST” inaugural show.<\/p>\n

. . . and, in the back room 2 pieces from the last show at CANADA, a wonderful little huge show by EUNICE KIM, Joe Bradley’s GF\/BFF & soul sista !! since forever, called ‘Moon the Magic Loser’ (Sept 19-Oct 19, 2008).
\nfor wonderful installation shots, see:EUNICE KIM\/MOON THE MAGIC LOSER\/gallery website <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Eunice
\nEUNICE KIM. <\/p>\n

\"Eunice
\nEUNICE KIM, ‘Stumped’, 2008<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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