Bradly Brown, a Brooklyn-based artist, will present a talk and slide show of his work Monday, April 7, at 5:45 p.m. in room 4 of Gadbois Hall at Saint Anselm College.
Brown will discuss how personal art intersects with the commercial world and what goes into “making it as an artist.” Brown’s work, which traverses photography, painting, graphic design, music and installation, crosses over various forms in the commercial realm. The talk is free and open to the public.
Brown will also be working with Saint Anselm students on a collaborative project that will eventually be exhibited and published. The Alternative Processes Workshop will invite participants into Brown’s creative processes as he demonstrates his techniques.
The students involved in the workshop will learn how to use a photo’s digital negative to create a cyanotype art print on paper or fabric. In New York, the finished prints will be stitched together by thread and hung in a gallery exhibition for the record label, Table of Elements. Ultimately, the prints will make their way onto the album art of Table of Elements and the Saint Anselm workshop participants will receive credit in the publication.
Originally from El Paso, Texas, Brown now works in New York City. His art work does not fit into a particular camp, as his talents cross genres. Along with the visual arts, the artist was greatly influenced by music, playing the role of photographer, graphic designer and art director for dozens of artists’ albums including John Cale, Phys Chatham, Jonathan Kane, Arnold Dreyblatt and John Fahey.
Brown’s mixed media exhibitions have established him as a rising star in the contemporary art world. His photographs and art pieces utilize technologies and techniques deemed obsolete by a digital age.
Brown's visit is presented by the Bean Distinguished Lecture Series and by the Department of Fine Arts and the Art Society.