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The Coleman family mourns the death of our dear friend Herschel Gordon Lewis

Joe Coleman plays the title character in this burlesque horror thriller. You can rent the film here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/crueltale

Joe and his work are included in this examination of outlaw art. Alan Kaufman is a critically acclaimed novelist, memoirist, poet and author of the groundbreaking “Outlaw” anthologies. The fourth and latest in the series is The Outlaw Bible of American Art. Documenting movements from the Post-war to the present, it is a revolutionary art

Clemens Marschall’s book Avant-garde from Below: Transgressive Performance from Iggy Pop to Joe Coleman and GG Allin is an account, through the 20th century and beyond, of a dangerous bastardisation of punk spirit and avant-garde theory. Three very unique characters trace a line through this history of precarious transgression in the fringes of popular culture:

The Coleman family mourns the death of their dear friend Paul Laffoley. http://paullaffoley.net/

As part of the New York Outsider Art Fair, Coleman participates in a panel discusion January 19, 2016 at NeueHouse. LINK “Time moves differently in the world of outsider art. We often expect mainstream artists we respect to evolve and progress over time. In the outsider art realm, however, many artists expand upon a single

In an unprecedented moment, Joe’s latest painting will be unveiled in an exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch called “Unrealism” in Miami. The life-size painting of Coleman’s wife Whitney Ward took four years to complete and has never before been shown. It will be displayed alongside Coleman’s own life-size self-portrait, which was completed in 2010. The

Joe plays the title character in this burlesque horror thriller. See the trailer here See a write-up in the New York Times here

To celebrate the re-issue of “You Can’t Win” (with Joe’s cover art and illustrations inside) Joe Coleman will be signing books at the Feral House booth at the Brooklyn Book Fair on Sunday, September 20, 2015 from 2-3pm. Home See more about the book here: http://feralhouse.com/you-cant-win/

In “Babies in Jars, Death Masks, and Ponytails: My Induction to the Odditorium” Daniel Genis recounts his visit with Joe.