“There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference.” ArtCultureImaginePaintingPopsPop CulturePop ArtRetro Author:Joe Bradley
“I think what's happened in art criticism, or art thinking, in last 30 or 40 years is a confusion between the "what" - the subject - and the "how." Most attention goes to the "what," but it's the "how" that's the important part - how something is brought into being.” ThinkingYearsArtImportantLastsAttentionHappenedSubjectsCriticismConfusion Author:Joe Bradley
“The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're painting goes for ten grand or a hundred grand, it doesn't make painting any easier. And it doesn't make the painting any better if it goes for a hundred grand.” IfsArtIssuesPaintingEasierTenHundredAbsolutely Nothing Author:Joe Bradley
“When I was younger I was very opinionated about art. And then, I realized that I kind of recognized this pattern where the things that I was vehemently of pissed off about, I would end up loving them two years later. So I just tried to mellow out. Like there's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.” ThinkingYearsKindArtTwoEndsUsedSkinsPatternsI RealizedSillyTwo YearsPissed OffMellowOpinionated Author:Joe Bradley
“Money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art.” ArtIssuesAbsolutely Nothing Author:Joe Bradley
“There's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.” ThinkingArtUsedSkinsSilly Author:Joe Bradley