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St.
Bradford
The Official
Biography of St. Bradford
Born out of wedlock to a Persian emu farmer and a tax adjuster from
West Virginia, St. Bradford was brought into a world of grit and
inappropriate
sexual innuendo. Though you may remember him as "The Dixie Strangler" who
terrorized 5 counties in rural Georgia in the early 80s, he has come to
separate himself from those heady days of erotic asphyxiation and turn his
life in a much more positive direction.
Nowadays, he keeps his sadistic bent strictly to the canvas, in an
interesting blend of folk, surrealism, and pop art tempered by a steely
resolve to see all the unbelievers perish in righteous fire. Some say his
style is reminiscent of a young Pope Gregory IX, others though, find
themselves terrified that the impact of his work could leave the entire art
world in ruins!
One could only speculate as to what inimical forces conspired to
take a
promising boy, born west of the Appalachians, and turn him into a
megalomaniac of artistic monstrosity. Perhaps it was the case of rabies he
contracted from 1983-1986, or it could have been the steady diet of rat carcases
that his mother believed would cure the crippling case of S.I.D.S. he
aquired as an infant. At any rate, we can only imagine what a bleak world
we would have today without the new direction St. Bradford has brought to an
otherwise dying New Orleans art scene.
Influenced by a rich and diverse variety of sources such as Berkley
Breathed, Byzantine Iconography, Bob Dylan, R. Crumb and various
science fiction films, St. Bradford has jack hammered a bleeding hole into
the gaping maw of modern art. St. Bradford creates art for the people, and
the people accept this art in supplication to their new overlord. Yes, St.
Bradford painfully stitches truth in paint across the face of mediocrity.
See it for yourself, before you are forced to bow in low before it!
-Bethany
Ambrose
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