Judgement at Noburger
| Artist | Sue Coe (British, b. 1951) |
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| Title | Judgement at Noburger |
| Date | 2015 |
| Medium | Lithograph on paper |
| Dimensions | Image: 17 11/16 × 24 1/2 in. (44.9 × 62.2 cm) Sheet: 22 3/16 × 27 7/8 in. (56.4 × 70.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Museum purchase with funds from the Clarence W. and Mildred Long Art Purchase Fund, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 2018.3 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
This black-and-white image depicts animals judging humans at a trial, with a graphic portrayal of a chicken’s head being decapitated at the top. The words “Judgement at Noburger” are written along the bottom edge. Each human wears a sign with a number corresponding to a key in the lower right corner reading: “1. JBS 2. TYSON 3. CARGILL 4. BRF 5. VION 6. NIPPON MEAT 7. SMITHFIELD 8. MARFRIG 9. DANISH CROWN 10. HORMEL."
Sue Coe gained international notoriety for her series Porkopolis—shown at IU in 1990—which (somewhat controversially) equated animal cruelty with the Holocaust. Seeing herself as a “graphic witness” to the horrors of our consumer economy, Coe created disturbing images of slaughterhouses, factory farms, and lab testing. In this print, animals reenact the 1948 Nuremberg Trials, with the Nazis on the right representing the meat conglomerates. In 1998, she began selling her prints online with part of the proceeds supporting animal rights organizations. Rather than merely observing societal ills, Coe endeavors to actively change human behavior.
| Publisher | Segura Arts Studio |
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