Joe Coleman: Internal Digging

Coleman, Joe and Susanne Pfeffer ed.

ISBN 10: 3865602800 / ISBN 13: 9783865602800

Published by Walther Konig, 2007

About this Item

Softcover, 208 pages; in English and German; new condition, still sealed in shrinkwrap; clean and crisp. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Seller Inventory # JoCoWa125

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joe Coleman: Internal Digging
• Publisher: Walther Konig
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3865602800
• ISBN 13: 9783865602800
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art Since 1945

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Synopsis

Joe Coleman, who spends months and even years working on a single painting, has described his process as an “internal dig.” His complex, obsessive excavations, which dive into the often violent histories and biographies of subjects like Osama Bin Laden or Joan Collins, certainly create an idiosyncratic and dense experience for the viewer. Details are carefully rendered with tiny brushes on wood panels; they are so intricate that the viewer can easily get lost scrutinizing every inch of a painting and following meandering paths of narrative and abstraction. This volume contains interviews with the artist, essays and rich color images of Coleman’s paintings and installations. Internal Digging is the first complete overview of his work as a painter, draftsman, performance artist and collector.

Joe Coleman was born in 1955 in Norwalk, Connecticut, and lives and works in New York. His work has been exhibited at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, among other national and international venues.