Lisa Bradley's Mysterious Abstractions at Hollis Taggart Galleries

Lisa Bradley's abstract paintings, characterized by dark midnight blues and cloudscape-like forms, evoke cosmic spirituality and emotional depth. Her exhibition "The Fullness of Being" ran from January 29 to February 28, 2015, at Hollis Taggart Galleries on 958 Madison Avenue in New York. Bradley's work, championed early by dealer Betty Parsons, shares kinship with New York School artists like Rothko and Pollock while maintaining a distinct independence. Her paintings, such as "Passing" (2011) and "Through This" (2012), feature luminous white contrasts against dark-blue backgrounds, suggesting imminent change and oceanic depths. The art resists intellectual explanation, instead offering intuitive experiences of the infinite through color and form. Bradley's style, developed during a time when painting held primary importance in New York's art hierarchy, continues to engage viewers with its sublime, meditative qualities. Her large, voluminous sequences create a cumulative effect of silent imminence, where particulars yield to broad philosophical insights.