Photos: Joe Bradley: Mr. Schmagoo

Joe Bradley has bobbed and weaved his way through varied styles—from scrawled primitive paintings to mod monochromes—but his rise to art world fame has been a straight shot.
Joe Bradley, in his studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with The Fiddler, 2015. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
Works in progress. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
Bradley’s Natch Suite, 2011. Courtesy of Private Collection.
JJ Ram, 2014. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
“Schmagoo Paintings,” on view at Canada gallery, 2008. Courtesy of CANADA.
Jazz, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
Untitled, 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
Works in progress in the studio. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
Wooden figures the artist incorporates into his sculptures. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.
A series of recent drawings. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise.
Bradley with his Untitled, 2015. Photograph by Stefan Ruiz.