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“Paintings exist in the present tense, yet somehow, because of how it's structured, it can move backwards through time as well.”

Quote by Joe Bradley

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Joe Bradley, born in 1975, is an accomplished artist from the United States. His works are renowned for their unique style and profound insights into contemporary social issues. more

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“Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but it's also this physical object in the room with you. It's always knocking you back into the present moment, which I find very pleasurable.”

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“I'm not a planner. I should be more articulate about what the imagery means, but I don't have a good reason for it; it's just there.”

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“I'm not interested in popular culture, particularly. I'm not against it, I'm not avoiding it, but I'm not interested in it as a force in life.”

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“It's a funny semantic turn - when someone paints a landscape, no one says they "borrowed" it, only that they painted it.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“I think that painting relates very neatly to inner travel and the exploration of inner worlds. With painting, I always get the impression that you're sort of entering into a shared space.”

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“I just think I've always been sensitive and had difficulty containing my feelings, and I've always searched for outlets for that, because otherwise those feelings come out in chaotic ways that aren't always great.”

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“My first tattoo is a full-on Sailor Jerry situation on my hip - it's a swallow with big spread wings. When I got it I was 20 on St. Mark's Place in New York; I just walked in in a frenzy. It's still there 17 years later and it's not a terrible thing to look at.”

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