NEWS
For Immediate Release:
KAREN ROBINSON GALLERY Proudly Presents:
Cosy Tosies
an exhibition of paintings by MENDELSON JOE
Exhibition opens Saturday November 26, 2011 and runs to April 20, 2012.
As much as Canadians pine for warm weather, this Canadian embraces the drama of seasonal change, especially autumn; cool weather and cosy tosies. Jack Frost. First snow!
As a boy growing up in Maple, Ontario in the late 50's, I enjoyed kitchen socials with welcoming neighbours warmed by woodstove heat and talk of old cars. Back then it was common to walk miles in winter knowing Iíd eventually smell hot coffee (or hot chocolate) and get those cozy tosies.
© Mendelson Joe, 2011
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New CD Release (February 14, 2012)
Women are the Only Hope
The first of four unreleased albums produced by Mendelson Joe since 1991. Release date is February 14, 2012.
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CD Release
Mendelson Joe Spoiled Bratland
Eclectic, multi-media artist Mendelson Joe follows up his historic LIVE AT SIXTY-FIVE solo CD with his visionary, and most accessible toe-tapper Spoiled Bratland. Spoiled Bratland is the work of a visionary. It's a landmark of love and passion for truth: many truths. Timing is everything. Behold the renaissance of Canada's resident existentialist and self-taught minstrel.
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Joe's Politicians
Art Gallery of Peterborough,
January 9, 2009 to March 9, 2009
In accordance with Mendelson Joe's fourth book JOE'S POLITICIANS (ECW Press), The Art Gallery of Peterborough proudly presents Canada's most prolific multi-media original featuring twenty-two major works chronicling both Canadian and American politicians of our time. Be warned that some of the images may be offensive to some.
Joe's Politicians in Bookstores Now
M. Joe's fourth book, Joe's Politicians, published by ECW Press of Toronto is now in bookstores and displays Joe's take on everyone from Bush to Harper to Kissenger to Mulroney and twenty other icons of democracy. Joe's Politicians features colourful portraits with insightful comments by the artist.
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April 12, 2006
Press Release Portrait Gallery of Canada Purchases Tomson Highway Portrait by Mendelson Joe
Karen Robinson Gallery is pleased to announce that The Portrait Gallery of Canada has acquired Mendelson Joe's painting of multi-media artist Tomson Highway. Mr. Highway, a celebrated playwright, musician and author of children's books is outspoken on matters pertaining to injustices done to and suffered by First Nations aboriginals. Mendelson Joe, himself a self-taught multi-media artist, rarely paints men except his heroes and/or those males he satirizes as in the case of many of Canada's politicians. The Highway portrait was exhibited exclusively at Karen Robinson Gallery and was recently published in Joe's Toronto, Joe's third book for Toronto publisher ECW Press. Mr. Joe states "I am privileged to be born in Canada, I exist therefore I art."
Joe's Toronto
Portraits by Mendelson Joe
October 25, 2005 marked the launch date of M. Joe's second book of portraits. For close to thirty years, Mendelson Joe has painted portraits of Torontonians known and unknown, including: Robert Fulford, Robert Priest, Irshad Manji, Margaret Atwood, Bernie Finkelstein, Stan the Fan and Babydoll Grandma. His portraits of Torontonians amount to a significant body of work, and, in Joe's Toronto, he exhibits fifty portraits from the experience. It tells both his story and the story of those he portrayed. Along with faithful reproductions of the original paintings, Joe has added his own brand of comments about the subjects and the sessions.
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Working Women
Portraits by Mendelson
Joe November 2004 brings the release of Joe's new book of portraits of women published by ECW Press. Along with the beautiful colour reproductions of the original paintings are Joe's comments about the sessions and the
diversity of occupations that the women represent. To order this book, please see the Joe Products page.
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ALIEN: The Strange Life and Times of Mendelson Joe
as told to Nadia Halim
This book is a spoken biography that chronicles the life of Joe in a conversational style. ALIEN brings together extensive interviews with the man and the people who know him. Joe tells of touring the world with his blues-rock band Mainline in the early 70s, sharing concert stages with burlesque strippers, and discovering a passion for art after rescuing a set of acrylic paints from a garbage can. To order this book, please see the Joe Products page.
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The Best Blues Album Ever...Volume II
Karen Robinson Gallery is pleased to announce that multi-media artist Mendelson Joe is enjoying a resurgence in his medium of song. EMI Canada has just released The Best Blues Album Ever... Volume II featuring the music of master blues artists Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Lightnin' Hopkins amongst many. Mendelson Joe's song Mainline, recorded in 1969 by Canada's most original premier blues-rock group, McKenna Mendelson Mainline, is featured amongst the many. Known as Joe Mendelson back then, Mr. Joe has been a SOCAN affiliate since 1969. Mendelson Joe has written and composed over 250 songs in his five-decade career in music. His latest album, Everyone Needs A Pimp, was completed in 1999. The Best Blues Album Ever... Volume II is available through your favourite music store.