Joe’s Neighbours
()
About this ebook
Outsider artist Mendelson Joe is a painter, activist, musician, and renowned “self-taughter.” But to the people living in the sparsely populated region west of Algonquin Park, he is also a neighbour. With his latest book, Joe commemorates his neighbours in a series of portraits whose subjects range from Canadian musical icon Hawksley Workman to the man who installed Joe’s woodstove.
In Joe’s Neighbours, we get a glimpse into the lives of people who have strayed from the urban grid, and in Joe, we meet a “pathological painter” who is engaged with his community. Viewed through Joe’s idiosyncratic lens, rural Canadian life comes alive, and we meet a hub of artists, activists, and offbeat characters who truly embody Joe’s vision of neighbourliness.
Related to Joe’s Neighbours
Related ebooks
Compared to What? Life and Times of a Detroit Musician Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSharing Our Journeys - Queer Elders Tell Their Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSharing Our Journeys 2 (Queer BIPOC Elders Tell Their Stories) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThoughts While Chillin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNever Forgotten Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCan U Love Me: A Memoir...A Tribute Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSit Down! Listen To This! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsABOVE AND BEYOND: How a tall, lanky kid from the Omaha Housing projects spent a lifetime helping others top their dreams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSwallowed Tears: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMuddy Backroads: Stories from off the Beaten Path Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpeak Young Brown People, Speak. We Are Listening! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Burst of Light: and Other Essays Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5mY Generation: A Real Journey of Change and Hope Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHome from Purgatory: Freedom, Choice and Life After Christmas in Purgatory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Voice Louder than Rock & Roll Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Voice for the Silent Fathers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPracticing Presence: Insights from the Streets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConnections Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Crack in a Voice: A Memoir in Verse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew Reason New Way: How My Skepticism Changed My Art Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Antiracist: How to Start the Conversation about Race and Take Action Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBon Courage: Essays on Inheritance, Citizenship, and a Creative Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBranches of the Vine: the Price of Admission: Re-Imagining the Bible Belt South for a Nu World Order Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsREDS: The 2nd Greatest Generation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Friend of Dorothy: Life on the Yellow Brick Road Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConversations with a Painting: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLIVING IN THE TIME OF HELTER SKELTER Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Art For You
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Designer's Dictionary of Color Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art 101: From Vincent van Gogh to Andy Warhol, Key People, Ideas, and Moments in the History of Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Special Subjects: Basic Color Theory: An Introduction to Color for Beginning Artists Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Shakespeare: The World as Stage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Botanical Drawing: A Step-By-Step Guide to Drawing Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and Other Plant Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Art Models 10: Photos for Figure Drawing, Painting, and Sculpting Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5And The Mountains Echoed Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Essential Guide to Creating Action Figures & Fantastical Forms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Electric State Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Joe’s Neighbours
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Joe’s Neighbours - Mendelson Joe
Easton
Acknowledgements
As I pen this, I’ve been painting forty years. I’m a self-taughter in all my media. I’m still learning guitar at age seventy. I am indebted to the Canada Council, which helped my survival especially in 1992 when I was awarded a senior grant to paint my lengthy series LIARS. It seems I never run out of liars to depict. I owe thanks to advocates such as Annie Smith, David Smiley, Irwin Karnick, Patricia Dixon, John Oswald, Colin Linden, Ray Danniels, Ben Mink, Moses Znaimer, Bob Wiseman, Josh Latner, Vera Kruzyk, and my longstanding art dealer Karen Robinson. To quote the lyrics of songwriter Paul Anka, I truly did it my way.
Preface
The Neighbour We Should All Hope For
In the current geopolitical climate in which we live, neighbour
has come to mean a plethora of things. Just as revealing as its definitions are the distinctions we make — and the boundaries we draw — in order to demarcate those who are not our neighbours, those we deem unneighbourly in thought, word, and deed. Sometimes we dislike our neighbours, often for petty reasons and small differences. An old habit marked by the bloody stain of history, difference has been used to justify the stealing of land and resources, the repression of women, the obliteration