Poet's Vision

This self-mocking painting references all sorts of AI cliche's including the cracked pot hosting 2 non-indigenous plants that could be artificial as well as books on the El Popol and the Aztec Codex. 

The world's continents are arranged on a globe shaped like a cracked water storage jar.  Notice the erupting volcano in the background behind the continents and the one dollar bill on the floor not too far from the food stamp coupon positioned on the green blanket.

This clever, talented man juxtaposes unlikely elements.  Am not sure how to interpret the black cat, claws extended into the bed's side. 

Current paintings by Bradley this size and complexity are priced $7,000.

(Born 1954) An enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, this painter, printmaker and sculptor earned an Associate of Fine Arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Art as well as his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Santa Fe (1980. 

David Bradley volunteered for the Peace Corps (1975-1976) in Central America and the Caribbean. Between 1980 and 1990 he exhibited his work with the Elaine Horwitch Galleries.

He has lectured and served as a panelist at several universities. Bradley served as both vice-president and co-founder of the Native American Artists Association. An active individual, Bradley also has participated as a visiting artist/ professor at the Institute of American Indian Arts between 1991 and 1993.

Solo exhibitions featuring Bradley's work have taken place at the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe (1979-1980); the Judith Stern Gallery in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1980-1981); the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota (1991), at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe (1993, 1996) and more recently at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe in 2006. Bradley has been chosen as the poster artist this year for upcoming the Heard Museum's Indian Market to take place in February 2008. Socio-politcal commentary is David Bradley's niche in each of the mediums he chooses to use.

Bradley is currently represented by the Blue Rain Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.