Photographer Slater Bradley is drawn to the tragic elements of fame, but his interpretations of the wretched events are free of the melodramatics that usually fill the gossip rags and shows.
His work has a fundamental snapshot quality (the antithesis of fine art photography) about his work I find irresistible. While I've yet to meet an artist without an ego, there is a sense that he doesn't take the accolades as serious as everyone else does.
He remains, to date, the youngest male artist to have a solo show at the Gugginheim,hence this photo title In the Belly of The Whale.
His installation, if we were immortal, was built around the British band, Joy Division. (Watch 24 Hour Party People & Control)Bradley painted his interpretations of several bootleg album covers that were released which were shown along with a video and black-and-white photograph.
It isn't a cheery exhibit but anyone who knows the story behind Joy Division knows that it isn't a cheery tale with a happy ending. I still dig their music so I was fascinated by this installation.
He hails from San Francisco, CA and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Born in 1975. he's in danger of losing his title of brash young artist with every passing year. Let's just settle for brash artist for now.
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