Art / Joe Coleman
Joe Coleman’s paintings are a feverish cross between Ivan Albright-inspired grotesqueness and R. Crumb-like pop-social critique. Calling himself an ‘apocalyptic visionary painter’, the 52-year-old artist references Spanish-Mexican religious iconography and his intricate and obsessively detailed images often feature well-known criminals and outsiders, whom Coleman seems to consider himself to be. A retrospective of Coleman’s work is set to open at the Dickinson Gallery in New York on May 2nd.
Tagged: New York, New York artists, pop art, portraits
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John Daffodils said | 2 May, 2008
These are really fascinating and beautiful. I can’t decide if I’m supposed to be offended or guiltily amused! The combination of politics, crime, religion, the body, and a comic strip aesthetic make it like a farce of things that are otherwise really important. Brilliant!
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