The Last Dance, 1982
Tempera on paper
54 x 36 in (137.2 x 91.4 cm)
© Sue Coe
Unpublished. The subtlety as well as the realistic painterly style here departs from that of Coe's other works. 'It's a nonliteral piece about nuclear war and insanity,' says Coe. The...
Unpublished. The subtlety as well as the realistic painterly style here departs from that of Coe's other works. "It's a nonliteral piece about nuclear war and insanity," says Coe. The bear has to dance to avoid getting burned, which is how escalation works. "The world dances to forget; I want us to dance to remember." –Louise Kollenbaum, writing in Mother Jones, August 1983, p. 32-33
Literature
Time Capsule, Fall/Winter 1982, p. 32Mother Jones, August 1983, p. 32-33
Reading Eagle, December 30, 1984, p. B-11