Joe Coleman

Joe Coleman (* 22. November 1955 in Norwalk , Connecticut as Joseph Coleman Jr. ) is an American painter .

Coleman was born the son of a war veteran and the grandson of a well-known prize boxer. His work is strongly influenced by popular genres such as folk art and comics, and the filigree richness of detail in his paintings has also been compared with works of outsider art and allegories by Hieronymus Bosch . Most of his pictures are portraits of well-known people who are the subject of modern myths. In addition to film stars and musicians, this also includes well-known mass and serial killers . Coleman exhibits in international galleries, the owners of his works include Iggy Pop, Johnny Depp, Jim Jarmusch and HR Giger.

In 2012, Kunst-Werke Berlin showed his installation A Holy Ghost Compares Its Hooves as part of the One on One exhibition .

People portrayed by Coleman

• Mary Bell
• Louis-Ferdinand Celine
• Henry Darger
• Johnny Eck
• Albert Fish
• Carlo Gesualdo
• Harry Houdini
• Kip Kinkel
• Jayne Mansfield
• Charles Manson
• Timothy McVeigh
• Adam Parfrey
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Edward Teller
• Hank Williams

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• Joe Coleman , Palais de Tokyo , Paris, FR, 2007
• Joe Coleman. Internal Digging , Kunst-Werke Berlin , DE, 2007
• Houdini: Art and Magic , Jewish Museum (New York City) , USA, 2010/2011
• Joe Coleman. When the Curtain Never Comes Down , American Folk Art Museum , USA, 2015

Group exhibitions (selection)

• One On One , Kunst-Werke Berlin , Berlin, DE, 2012/2013
• The Endless Renaissance , Bass Museum of Art , Miami, USA, 2009

literature

• Susanne Pfeffer (Ed.): Joe Coleman. Internal digging . Walther König Verlag, Cologne, 2007. ISBN 978-3-86560-280-0 / ISBN 3-86560-280-0

Web links

• JoeColeman.com
• Exhibition at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art
• Welcome to the dark and happy world of Joe Coleman. Interview by Fascineshion.
• Joe Coleman Car Portrait