Beautiful/Decay Studio Visit With Joe Bradley And Chris Martin (PHOTOS)

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Beautiful/Decay went to visit artists Joe Bradley and Chris Martin in their studio. See how the visit went in the slideshow below and get a preview of their art.

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Joe Bradley and Chris Martin were putting together a book to accompany their upcoming joint exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash which opens Feb 25th. That's Joe in the center, Chris Martin is on the far right. Jeremy Willis is sitting in the back, he arranged the visit for me.

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Joe Bradley and Chris Martin were putting together a book to accompany their upcoming joint exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash which opens Feb 25th. That's Joe in the center, Chris Martin is on the far right. Jeremy Willis is sitting in the back, he arranged the visit for me.

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[Jim-Heartwheel]

02:46 AM on 08/03/2011

Today is the first day I returned to Huffpost in close to a year.
As a professional artist with international commissions I like to see
what other artists are doing.
It's obvious that whoever does this Arts column has no idea what
an artist is or what creativity or quality is.
Perhaps I'll check into Huffpost again next year.
In the meantime since Huffpost Arts lacks the capacity to know
what is happening in the arts today I will assume it is true of the
whole site and ignore it for another year. Buh - bye.

[Thom Wheeler Castillo]

01:46 AM on 08/03/2011

Naw, I'm going to give these guys a benefit of the doubt and see the paintings when they're done with their process. Sure, its simple but that doesn't make it vacuous. I'd rather look for the value of a painting, figure out the process of the artist and let it breathe. Some of the best things in the world are simple, with three or four elements and they harmonize well. A grilled cheese, a rubbing, a giggle. And after seeing this image: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/carving-in-wales-could-be_n_916364.html I think these guys at least deserve to complete a series and show.

[scottfxx]

10:35 PM on 08/02/2011

I don't usually say this sort of thing but this 'painting' is exceedingly bad and moreover bears the unmistakable taint of the intellectually arrogant. Perhaps they wandered so far into the nether reaches of the art landscape, propelled by their own sense of superiority, as to have become lost. As to collectors, a fool and their money..yada, yada, yada

[chatterboop]

10:21 PM on 08/02/2011

And I thought my stick people were bad!

[SeanMartin]

09:59 PM on 08/02/2011

How does HP manage to find the most vac/uous "artists" on the planet?

[3fingerbrown]

01:46 PM on 08/02/2011

Painting is indeed a lot like fishing: Sometimes you spend all day doing it only to end up with something that really smells.

[Mike169]

02:12 PM on 08/03/2011

That's why they put the fish on ice.

[3fingerbrown]

02:44 PM on 08/03/2011

Oh how I wish I could put some of my awful paintings on ice!

[ckt617]

12:52 PM on 08/02/2011

I'm a painter who doesn't live in the city and works for a living. I don't have the access or attention, I actually have to make art for me which is a very different experience than say these guys. Furthermore on a side-note I would love to see, say a Whitney Biannual one year to show work from artists working and living in America who do not live in NYC, LA or any other large urban area. One myth predicated by art schools, MFA programs etc is, "If you make good work people see it". I don't believe this. It's just too hard of work for curators and the likes to look outside the box. There will always be a great divide in the art world. What we should be saying is if you're somewhat rich. My definition maybe different than yours, but say you didn't have to pay for school or apartments or studio space this is a start to say what "somewhat" rich is. Then you have to live in the city and hangout with all these other people who are "somewhat" in the same set-up as you. Being attractive and exotic doesn't hurt either. But if you're wordy and sorta nerdy and can wordsmith a magic horseshoe even better. Anyways, from out in the world nowhere I have to get back to painting for me. And really in the grand scheme of things this is a luxury problem that I am having today.

[chatterboop]

10:24 PM on 08/02/2011

Point well taken....

[Sunshine69]

10:08 AM on 08/02/2011

These "paintings" are just like human excrement. Drink enough coffee, wat, and they will come. Bring your wealthy friends over to stare in the toilet bowl and they will coo affectionately just to escape the smell.

[garytee]

09:01 AM on 08/02/2011

"Less is more."

Yeah, right.....

[eric14]

07:03 AM on 08/02/2011

Infantilisation meets commodification.

mama meets dada.

[chatterboop]

10:25 PM on 08/02/2011

ORRRR more like ball point pen meets meets meets.......ahhhhhhh (scratching my head)

[Shawn Carr]

11:49 AM on 08/03/2011

how is that picture of a woman's hairy unmentionables even considered artistic? i drew better than that with my eyes closed when i was ten.

I think i am going to be an artist then. if this guy can do it so can i.