Joe Ovelman is an artist whose works include books that are both drawn and hand-written. He is also a photographer and video maker, a performance artist, sculptor and creator of wordy (pithy) post it note installations that have appeared in galleries and at major art fairs. Of late, his practice included the “Dirty Disco Leopard Print Parking Lot Pop Up Shop” in Palm Springs, in conjunction with a John Waters event. The works contain humor, openly gay sexuality, and they subvert standard norms for beauty and propriety. Much (maybe all?) the work is autobiographical. Joe’s art is represented by Connersmith Gallery in Washington, D. C. Read more about Joe and see more works by Joe at the gallery’s website.
This episode of Artblog Radio was recorded and edited by Morgan Nitz. You can listen to Artblog Radio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
