File:Barbara Cooper Cyclus 1994.jpg

Sculpture by Barbara Cooper, Cyclus (wood and glue, 44" x 46" x 26", 1994). The image illustrates an early stage an early stage and body of work in Barbara Cooper's career that began in the late 1980s, in which she created sculptural works by methodically bending and layering wood veneer in loose, interlaced weaves that created undulating, penetrable "skins" or shell-like armor around hollow, biomorphic cores that took forms such as cocoons, spirals, bulbs, vessels or nests. This work and similar works have been publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Barbara Cooper. Copyright held by the artist.

Barbara Cooper (artist)

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an early stage and body of work in Barbara Cooper's career beginning in the late 1980s, which focused on sculptural works created by methodically bending and layering wood veneer in loose, interlaced weaves to form undulating, penetrable "skins" or shell-like armor that took on biomorphic forms such as cocoons, spirals, bulbs, vessels or nests. This work connected to the greater ecological whole through its life cycle of extraction from nature, industrial processing and discard, and transformation into organic aesthetic forms and blurred boundaries between the natural and cultural, romantic and rational. 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 visualize this key, developmental phase in her work, which attracted exhibition selections in traveling shows, national reviews, and museum acquisitions. Cooper's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Barbara Cooper, 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.