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Joe Coleman | |
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| Born | November 22, 1955 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painter, illustrator, performance artist |
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| Website | joecoleman.com |
Joseph Coleman (born November 22, 1955) is an American painter, illustrator, actor and performance artist. He has been described as the "walking ghost of Old America" by his wife, photographer Whitney Ward, for his over-riding interest in the historical arcana and personae that often populate his paintings. Of Coleman's work, The New York Times wrote that, “If P. T. Barnum had hired Breughel or Bosch to paint sideshow banners, they might have resembled the art of Joe Coleman.” While Berlin's Tagesspiegel said of Coleman, "Like [George] Grosz in the 1920s, he holds a drastic mirror up to his own times."[1][2][3]
Coleman lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His apartment and studio, called the Odditorium, is a living museum to his obsessions; a collection of artifacts, objects and documents from wax museums, crime museums, churches, pathology museums and sideshows.[4][5]
- ^ "The Walking Ghost of Old America – Cartoon Kittens, Serial Killers, Lovers and Literary Lions: Joe Coleman Paints a Journey Through His Labyrinthine Mind" Wall Street Journal (28 October 2010).
- ^ "Joe Coleman Gets a Retrospective at the Tilton Gallery in Manhattan" The New York Times" (03 September 2006).
- ^ "Heilige Monster (Holy Monster)" Der Tagesspiegel" (26 May 2007).
- ^ "Babies in Jars, Death Masks, and Ponytails: My Induction to the Odditorium". Vice. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
- ^ Campion, Chris (25 April 1998). "The Devil is in the Detail". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2018.