Martin Bradley

MARTIN BRADLEY (Richmond, England, 1931).
Untitled, 1992, from the "Suite Olympic Centennial".
Silkscreen on 270 gram Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 69/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.
The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The chosen artists work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio Lopez to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, through abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, or the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international projection, widely recognized by critics.
With a rebellious spirit, Martin Bradley began his career as an artist at a very early age, settling in London in 1949. In the mid 50's Bradley became friends with the writers of the group "The angry Young men", transcendental writers within the British literary renewal, meeting there other young painters, such as Phililip Martin or Alan Davie. In 1961 he received a scholarship to settle in Brazil, where he achieved great success and which led him to exhibit, on his return to Europe, in the historic exhibition "Arte e Contemplazione" at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice. After her success in Italy and Spain, Bradley traveled the world, crossing Turkey, Afghanistan, India and Nepal, becoming fascinated by the Far East. At first, the work of this artist presents a self-destructive tendency, although it evolves to works of fresh workmanship, vivid color, extreme fantasy and sympathetic appearance, resulting in works that are part of the English Pop movement. However, in contrast to this positivism, a series of graphics, signs and symbologies that allude to critiques of traditional customs and reflections on the passage of time are intuited, characteristics that make Bradley's paintings tremendously interesting works full of nuances.