FAITH: THE OUTER FRAME

Items on the inner and outer frames of "Faith" are objects in
Joe Coleman's "odditorium", a collection of symbolic significance to Coleman.

 
Junior - The artist's adopted, pickled, spina bifida, anencephalic son.
Gretta and Eddna, Genuine Fiji Mermaids, possibly from the collection of P.T.Barnum himself.
"Baby Coleman" - another sculpture made by Bob Behrens
Sculpture made by Bob Behrens, a Vietnam vet and friend of Coleman
Wax opium addict, showing both the bliss and decay of the addiction.
Mexican half-bug, half-bishop mask.
Mexican half-bug, half-devil mask.
Wax figure of a Chinese prisoner being eaten by rats.
Wax figure of Richard Speck from the Coney Island Wax Museum.
Taxidermied cat bearing a strong resemblance to Coleman's dead cat OX-O "The Animal" - a two-bodied lamb
OUTER FRAME | INNER FRAME | HOUSES | MOMMY/DADDY | CENTRAL CIRCLE
 

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