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Legacy does not see Coad leave her methodology but rather extend her Clusters series into a historical framework. This then moves her work into mythology and mystery and changes the way we read these works.
I felt a definitive engagement with the subject's lives and the mystery of their reappearance
”- Ric Spencer review of Legacy, "Legacy burnt into artist's tighter approach", The West Australian 2010
As has become more and more apparent with time, the cultural and societal implications and residues of the 1950s � the racial, gender and cultural imbalances and downright injustices � can't simply be swept under the carpet. These paintings are a reflection, but they also read as the mask of denial. Dan Rule, 'In the galleries' 15/8/15