Joe Coleman and the Shadow Self at ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY

James Kalm has been aware of the work of Joe Coleman since shortly after arriving in New York in the late 1970s. Garnering a considerable amount of attention for his Geek performances, Joe has been a fixture on the grungier end of the Downtown scene ever since. Indeed, Coleman seems to have broken every taboo, of New York high aesthetics, and functions like a barometer of all that is kitsch and vulgar in contemporary American culture. Perhaps because of or in spite of, this group of work is very signific