File:Annabeth Rosen Sample 1999.jpg

Sculpture by Annabeth Rosen, Sample (fired and glazed ceramics on steel stand, 28" x 108" x 80", 1999). The image illustrates a key early body of work by Annabeth Rosen in the 1990s, when she produced tile- and plate-based, slab-like sculptures, which sprouted dense, vertical accumulations of modeled organic forms and referenced minimalism, nature and historical architectural ornamentation. Sample is a representative piece, a yellow-glazed work consisting of a roughly 10' by 16' grid of squares with squirming, tentacular forms stacked in two layers and elevated on a steel stand. This work was publicly exhibited in prominent exhibitions, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications.

Artist Annabeth Rosen. Copyright held by the artist.

Annabeth Rosen

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key early body of work in Annabeth Rosen's career in the 1990s: her tile- and plate-based slabs, which drew on her traditional ceramics training. These works sprouted dense, vertical accumulations of modeled organic forms, which critics related to geological cross-sections and historical architectural ornamentation, including della Robbia's terra-cotta plaques, decorative aspects of Gaudi and Louis Sullivan, or the swarming statuary of Hindu temples. The work was also interpreted as a feminist response to riposte to the dour modular floor pieces of Minimalism that evoked nature’s fecundity. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to understand this key developmental stage and body of work, which brought Rosen ongoing recognition through exhibitions and coverage by major critics and publications. Rosen's work of this type and this series is discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Annabeth Rosen, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.