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2025
AMNY

Carnival, the group show curated by the esteemed artist Joe Coleman at Soho’s Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, had an opening day that lived up to its name. Hundreds of friends and fans packed the huge space for an exhibit that is a perfect match of curator and concept.

The inspired pairing came from Deitch, who explained the show’s genesis.

“Joe Coleman asked me to participate in a public talk with him last August for the launch of the new book on his work,” Deitch explained. “My study of the book and my talk with Joe inspired me to ask him to curate an exhibition on the theme of the Carnival that has been the subject of many of his works. I knew that Joe could bring together many of the artists in his circle as well as accessing the historical material that he and his friends collect. We wanted to present an exhibition that celebrates Joe Coleman and his lively community of artists and performers.”

2020
Raw Vision

In a Raw Vision first, the celebrated magazine of art brut has published a 4-page foldout of Joe’s most recent painting. You can order the magazine here

2016
Avant-Garde from Below: Transgressive Performance from Iggy Pop to Joe Coleman and GG Allin

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: Iggy Pop, who was punk before punk; Joe Coleman, who distanced himself from the then-existing punk scene; and GG Allin, who died for what he thought was punk, thus putting the final nail in the coffin of the ‘avant-garde from below’.

Read more about at Last Gasp (link below)

2010
The Wall Street Journal
2008
Raw Vision #64 Autumn/Fall 2008

by Rebecca Lieb. Cover: Portrait of Professor Mombooze-o.

2006
Juxtapoz #61

February 2006. Cover image and cover article: “Joe Coleman Remembers Indian Larry.”

2000
Juxtapoz 24, January/February 2000

by Jim Knipfel. Cover: A Picture from Life’s Other Side (1998)

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