MOBILize/The Gulf
Artist
Sue Coe
(British, born 1951)
Date1990
Mediumetching on white heavyweight Rives paper
Dimensions4 13/16 × 7 15/16 inches (12.2 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase.
Object number1990.5.2
On View
Not on viewCollections
Copyright© 1990 Sue Coe, Courtesy Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextBritish artist Sue Coe is known for her intensely political graphic illustrations-as-activist practice. Coe grew up close to a slaughterhouse and developed a passion to stop cruelty to animals. Through painting, printmaking, and realistic drawings she has explored controversial subjects such as sweatshops, prisons, AIDS, anti-capitalism, and war.
MOBILize/the Gulf comments on the complicated politics of the Gulf War (1990-91). The international coalition led by the efforts of the United States in defense of Saudi Arabia against Iraq was the largest military alliance since World War II. The etching offers a perspective of the political and economic interests, specifically oil reserves, that played an essential role in the development of the conflict. Twenty-six years later, this print still resonates as prescient of politics today.