Bomb Shelter, 1991
Graphite, gouache, and ink on white Strathmore Bristol board
10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in (26.7 x 36.8 cm)
© Sue Coe
A response to the weeks-long bombing of thousands of civilians during the Gulf War, Sue Coe s Bomb Shelter (1991) is marked by the influence of Expressionist artists including the...
A response to the weeks-long bombing of thousands of civilians during the Gulf War, Sue Coe s Bomb Shelter (1991) is marked by the influence of Expressionist artists including the pacifist Käthe Kollwitz. Among Coe s most iconic images, Bomb Shelter was recently included in MoMA PS1 s large-scale exhibition Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991-2011. The New Yorker selected it as the lead image in their review of the show, in which Peter Schjeldahl praises Coe for capturing the lifelong sorrow and anger at human barbarities. Impressions of the photo-etching can be found in numerous university collections, including the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library at Yale University and the Tweed Museum at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Literature
The Progressive, April 1991, p. 13The Columbus Dispatch, "Wexner Center Show 'Throws More Crumbs,'" July 19, 1992, p. 8H
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