Joe Coleman (painter)  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 19:12, 10 May 2007
WikiSysop (Talk | contribs)

← Previous diff		 Revision as of 23:05, 8 September 2007
WikiSysop (Talk | contribs)

Next diff →
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Template}} {{Template}}
-'''Joe Coleman''' (born [[November 22]] [[1955]]) is an [[United States|American]] illustrator and painter.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007]+'''Joe Coleman''' (born [[November 22]] [[1955]]) is an [[United States|American]] illustrator and painter.
==Biography== ==Biography==
Line 50: Line 50:
*''[[The Book of Joe]]'' by Joe Coleman, [[Anthony Haden-Guest]], [[Katharine Gates]], Asia Argento, Rebecca Lieb, and [[Jack Sargeant]] ([[Last Gasp]]/[[La Luiz de Jesus Press]], 2003, hardcover, ISBN 0-86719-578-9). *''[[The Book of Joe]]'' by Joe Coleman, [[Anthony Haden-Guest]], [[Katharine Gates]], Asia Argento, Rebecca Lieb, and [[Jack Sargeant]] ([[Last Gasp]]/[[La Luiz de Jesus Press]], 2003, hardcover, ISBN 0-86719-578-9).
*''[[Muzzlers, Guzzlers, and Good Yeggs]]'' (Fantagraphics Books, 2005, hardcover, ISBN 1-56097-628-4). *''[[Muzzlers, Guzzlers, and Good Yeggs]]'' (Fantagraphics Books, 2005, hardcover, ISBN 1-56097-628-4).
 +{{GFDL}}

Revision as of 23:05, 8 September 2007

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop

Featured:

Joe Coleman (born November 22 1955) is an American illustrator and painter.

Contents

Biography

He was born Joseph Coleman, Jr. in Norwalk, Connecticut to a World War II-veteran father and the daughter of a professional prizefighter. He was raised Roman Catholic.

Work

Coleman's subjects are pop icons of a sort who are often transgressive, criminal, and "outside" the mainstream radar. In some ways, much of his style makes reference to the Spanish-Mexican religious tradition that Frida Kahlo also drew upon; Coleman's work is sometimes reminiscent of Basil Wolverton's.

Pranks

His pranks — including appearing to blow himself up and medieval-style geek antics — have been documented in the Pranks! volume of Re/Search Books, along with the works of some of his contemporaries such as Boyd Rice.Image:JoeColemanMouseGeek.jpg

Interests

Coleman is an avid enthusiast for weird, dark American culture and a serious collector of sideshow oddities. He's a patron of Johnny Fox's Freakatorium in New York City (where he lives) and was a supporter and good friend of the late rockabilly eccentric Hasil Adkins. He also acted in "Black Hearts Bleed Red", a 1992 film adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard To Find, made by New York independent film director Jeri Cain Rossi.

Subjects Coleman has portrayed

Book Covers

Coleman's work has been featured on the covers of many books including:

References


Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Joe Coleman (painter)" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Retrieved from "http://artandpopularculture.com/Joe_Coleman_%28painter%29"
Personal tools
Metas