Gone Gonzo Blotter Art celebrating the life and work of Hunter S. Thompson.
Gone Gonzo with Hunter (A Portrait of Hunter S. Thompson)
About Joe Coleman: Joe Coleman is a world-renowned painter, writer and performer who has exhibited for four decades in major museums throughout the world including one-man exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin and the Barbican Centre in London. Notable among his solo gallery exhibitions were those at Tilton Gallery, Dickinson Gallery and Psychedelic Solution in New York, La Luz de Jesus in Los Angeles, Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago and The Horse Hospital in London. He was featured in the “Unrealism” show in Miami presented by Jeffrey Deitch and Larry Gagosian. He is currently represented by Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York where his work has been presented in the shows: Joe Coleman and the Shadow Self and Joe Coleman: 100 Seconds to Midnight.
Coleman was the subject of an award-winning feature length documentary, Rest in Pieces: A Portrait of Joe Coleman (1997). He has appeared in acting roles in films such as Asia Argento’s Scarlet Diva (2000). And also appeared as himself in the "Lower East Side" episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2018).
There have been several monographs of his paintings including Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman (1997) and The Book of Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman (2003). This May, Fantagraphics Books will release A Doorway to Joe, the largest tome to date of the artist’s work and life.
Joe Coleman lives with his wife, muse and long-time partner, Whitney Ward in New York.
