This past weekend, April 8, the saw the opening reception of “Doorway to Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman” at Cal State Fullerton’s Begovich Gallery. Featuring 35 paintings from Coleman’s work, the mindboggling exhibition continues through Saturday, May 20 and is a must-see should you find yourself in Southern California in the next month or so.

Additionally, in a side exhibit at Hollywood’s macabre Museum of Death, the painter and his wife Whitney Ward unveiled their matching his-n-hers dream vessel hard-carved wooden coffins from Ghana.

Here’s a short report from the show shot and edited by Eric Mittleman…