“Chris Bradley: Freezer Fever” [2015] Roberto Paradise, Puerto Rico_ Courtesy of the artist; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; Roberto Paradise, San Juan
Freezer Fever
Roberto Paradise, San Juan, Puerto Rico [link]
Looking like something a child might create in their first revelation of sculpture, Chris Bradley’s Clyde calls to mind a Quixotic day dream. Cast bronze and oil paint create the illusion of a casual construction of hot glued pretzel sticks.
This feigned naivety is Bradley’s signature. In a plebeian vocabulary of produce, junk food, and beer, these trompe l’oeil objects tempt an escapist notion; daydreaming of paradise while having a cold one. Banal moments of the everyday become animated, taunting with their own awkward existences, reflecting a glimpse of human desire in a greasy aluminum pizza box.
