Peter Bradley

With Peter Bradley by Alex Rappoport (still)

With Peter Bradley by Alex Rappoport
at the New York African Film Festival
Sunday May 14, 2023 at 5 pm

Francesca Beale Theater
144 W 65th Street
New York, NY 10023

When filmmaker Alex Rappoport met then-79-year-old abstract artist Peter Bradley in the winter of 2020, Bradley hadn’t sold many paintings nor had a major show in over four decades – yet he still painted every day in a shipping container studio heated by a wood stove. Over time, the pair recorded Peter’s fascinating story, seemingly overlooked in art history. Bradley was the first Black haute art dealer in New York; likely the first Black abstract artist represented by a major New York gallery; and curator of what is considered the first integrated modern art show in America. Talented, willful, and arrogant, Bradley lived life to its fullest – until he fell upon hard times in the 1980s that nearly ended his career.

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Peter Bradley, Far Side, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 65¼ × 131¼ inches; 165.74 × 333.38 cm, 66½ × 132½ inches; 168.91 × 336.55 cm (framed)

A Conversation on Peter Bradley, Ruling Light: Paintings from the 1970s
at Karma, Los Angeles
Friday September 30, 4pm

7351 Santa Monica Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90046

Please join on Friday September 30 for a conversation with Dieter Buchhart, Jessica Bell Brown, Adger Cowans and Mia Matthias.