A Doorway to Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman

A Doorway to Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman

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Indulge in the captivating world of Joe Coleman with this all-encompassing monograph, featuring the enigmatic artist as the "walking ghost of old America." Immerse yourself in the rich and hauntingly beautiful pages that showcase the unparalleled talent of this visionary.

 

Inspired by the spirits that haunt our nation, Joe Coleman meticulously portrays a haunting and personal vision of the world, blending the hellish and the humanistic. His subjects range from the infamous to the deviant, the damaged to the extraordinary non-conformists, and each is brought to life through vivid paintings. Exhibited alongside artists such as Hieronymous Bosch, Otto Dix, and George Grosz, Coleman's meticulously-researched work serves as an introspective journey, shedding light on his own psyche and history while celebrating his inner circle of intimates and acquaintances.

 

Discover A Doorway To Joe, a comprehensive collection chronicling five decades of Joe Coleman's illustrious career as a painter and visual artist. This lavish book features over 150 reproductions of his iconic paintings, accompanied by Coleman's personal insights and fully-illustrated essays from top art critics, writers, and fellow artists. Delve into his underground comics, confrontational punk band Steel Tips, and explosive performances as his alter-ego Dr Mombooze-o. Immerse yourself in his Odditorium, a private museum filled with rare curiosities reflecting his infatuation with true crime, carnival culture, and relics. Also featured is the enduring bond between Coleman and his wife and muse, Whitney Ward.

Joe Coleman is a world-renowned painter, writer, and performer who has exhibited for five decades in major museums throughout the world including one-man exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, the Barbican Centre in London, and Tilton Gallery and Dickinson Gallery in New York. His collectors have included Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Anthony Bourdain, Leonardo DiCaprio, and H.R. Giger. He was the subject of an award-winning feature length documentary, Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (1997) and lives with his wife Whitney Ward in Brooklyn and upstate New York.

Mike McGee is director of the California State University, Fullerton, Begovich Gallery. Over the past thirty years he has authored and published dozens of books about contemporary art. He has also written for newspapers and periodicals in the United States and Europe.

Tom Waits is an American singer songwriter, musician, composer and actor. Waits’ lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and places. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is included among the 2010 list of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Singers, as well as the 2015 list of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. Waits lives in Northern Californiawith his wife and frequent collaborator, Kathleen Brennan, and their three children.

Materials: Hardcover

Size: 12.4 in H x 10.3 in W x 1.6 in T

Item 9781683968702
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