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11/11/02

WORK OF 'GRAPHIC WITNESS' SUE COE ON EXHIBIT IN SLU GALLERY

CANTON - "Ship of Fools," an exhibition of work by artist Sue Coe, 
will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence 
University November 13 through December 20. Coe will give a slide 
lecture on her work on Tuesday, December 3, at 7 p.m. in Room 123 
of the Griffiths Arts Center; the event is open to the public, 
free of charge.
	Coe describes herself as a "graphic witness to realities 
more often overlooked or avoided." She is also described as a 
"visual journalist," who uses printed images in preference to words. 
For some 25 years, she has explored factory farming, meat-packing, 
apartheid, sweat shops, prisons, AIDS, and most recently, war. 
Coe's commentary on political events and social injustice has been 
published in newspapers, magazines and books, and the results of 
her investigations are hung in museum and gallery exhibitions, as 
well as held by collectors. 
	Coe's paintings and prints are often auctioned as fund-raisers 
for a variety of causes.
	Called "one of the most important politically oriented 
artists living in the U.S. today," Coe has been committed to 
reaching a broad audience through the print media from the outset 
of her career, working as an illustrator for such publications as 
the New York Times and Time magazine. Widely written about and 
exhibited, Coe has appeared on the cover of Art News and been the 
subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and 
Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Her work is in the collections 
of many major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art 
and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
	The artist's lecture at St. Lawrence University is funded 
by the Jeanne Scribner Cashin Endowment for Fine Arts, with special 
thanks to Melissa Schulenberg.
	For more information or to arrange individual or group 
tours, contact the gallery at 315-229-5174.

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