Go Vegan and Nobody Gets Hurt
| Artist | Sue Coe (British, b. 1951) |
|---|---|
| Title | Go Vegan and Nobody Gets Hurt |
| Date | 2010 |
| Medium | Color woodcut on paper |
| Dimensions | Image: 14 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (36.2 x 28.9 cm) Sheet: 19 x 14 in. (48.3 x 35.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Purchased with funds from the Lucienne M. Glaubinger Endowment Fund for the Curator of Works on Paper, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 2014.24 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
Several animal faces and one female face are clustered around an abstract heart-like shape at the center of the image, which is inscribed with red text reading "Go vegan and nobody gets hurt." The animals include a cow, a sheep, a fish, a pig, and some fowl.
Sue Coe gained international notoriety for her series of artworks (Porkopolis) equating (somewhat controversially) cruelty to animals with the Jewish Holocaust. Referring to the works of Käthe Kollwitz, George Grosz, and Francisco Goya, she created disturbing images of slaughterhouses, factory farms, and lab testing. In 1998 she began selling her prints online with part of the proceeds going to support animal rights organizations. Associated with a group of satirical artists known as the Outlaws of Printmaking, including Tom Huck, Coe sees her imagery was being a “graphic witness” to the horrors of our consumer economy. Her website gives a running tally of the number of animals killed around the world for meat, dairy, and egg consumption since you’ve opened the link. Rather than merely observing societal ills, Coe endeavors to actively change human behavior.
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"Go Vegan and Nobody Gets Hurt | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2014.24