Ossington Community Association Local Goods and Services Auction

Joel Richardson

Suitman in Chrome

11x17 

$500 value

Joel Richardson is an extraordinary artist, filmaker, and provocative disruptor of the status quo.  Here's an opportunity to own a fantastic piece evoking the mural Joel painted that was mistakenly obliterated by City workers.  See here (scroll down) for the film, 'The Suitman and the Mural'.

Joel Richardson began his career as a portrait painter. His early work demonstrated a fascination with the fusing of extremes in ideas and techniques, all of this in an attempt to expand traditional portraiture into the realm of social documentation.

Fueled in part by creative expeditions across the globe the move into film was a natural evolution for Joel. His early documentation through portraiture grew into his own unique form of gonzo documentary filmmaking. He has directed several short films including the short Germinio Pio Politi: A Documentary Portrait airing on Bravo Television, Bold and the Documentary Channel.

Partnering now with GUERILLA FILMS founder James Motluk, he is completing post-production on CONVERSATIONS TO MARRAKECH, a road movie about finance. Joel will also be completing this summer his large mural on both sides of a Toronto underpass.