Simplifying contemporary art galleries in New York City

Thanks Joe.

It usually takes me a few days to get through all the gathered and printed press releases I collect on my gallery visits.  I don't read anything until I see the work - including press releases and reviews.  So I'm reading the press release for the Joe Bradley & Chris Martin show at Mitchell-Iness & Nash (currently my pick for best painting in Chelsea) which includes an excerpt from an interview published in The Journal in Fall 2009.

"There's this Guston quote that I think is brilliant, that when you're in the studio, your friends and family are there and the ghosts of art history are there, your contemporaries are there.  If you stay long enough they all leave, and if you're lucky you leave..." - Joe Bradley (quoting Philip Guston)

I wrote a whole review (read here) based on the fact that I literally spent hours looking for this quote (if you're confused, read the paragraphs in the review from bottom to top).  As I suspected I had a few key points wrong, like who said it and what they said... though the message is similar. Funny what you find when you're not looking for it.

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