Sue Coe: East Window Gallery, Boulder, CO

Sue Coe, painter and printmaker, has worked at the juncture of art and social activism to expose injustices and abuses of power, since the 1970s. Thinking of herself as an activist first and artist second, Sue has trained her gaze on a wide variety of ills, translating such diverse topics as the perils of apartheid, the life of Malcolm X, and the horror that is the American meat industry into searing social-political artworks, exhibitions and books. Coe’s graphic art and unblinking politics struck nerves when first appearing some fifty years ago, and continues to do so today. Coe has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, The Progressive, Art News, The Nation, among countless others. Her works are part of numerous museum collections and exhibitions, including a retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, and most recently a solo exhibition at MoMA PS1. Coe was awarded the prestigious Dickinson College Arts Award in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Caucus for Art, and most recently, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Printmaking Award by The Southern Graphics Council in Atlanta, Georgia. East window is honored to host her work this month.

On view: "We are Many. They are Few" 2020 - inkjet print mounted on aluminum - 72" x 48" - With permission of the artist and Galerie St. Etienne.