William Bradley

Highly referential, William Bradley's work is “abstract art about abstract art.” Taking on the giants of Abstract Expressionism—Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell—Bradley de-constructs abstractionism in contemporary practice, building his own language of art historical reference, wry appropriation and past formulas. Each work becomes its own re-telling of the history of abstraction, addressing the breakdown in communication between artist and viewer, and instead creating a new means through which an understanding of Modern art can be reached. Bradley has participated in a number of shows including Galerie Richard, New York, EB & Flow Gallery, Basel, and Berloni, London. In 2011 Bradley was awarded the Catlin Prize, Shoreditch, England.