File:Sandeep Mukherjee Tree Skin 2018.jpg

Sculptural installation by Sandeep Mukherjee, Tree Skin (acrylic and acrylic ink on hand-molded aluminum panels, 4 panels 6' x 4' each, 2018). The image illustrates a later period and body of Sandeep Mukherjee's work in the latter 2010s: his extension of abstract work beyond relief into fully dimensional sculpture. This work included both large-scale wall pieces employing folded aluminum panels and in-the-round sculpture that often hung from ceilings to the floor. In this sculptural example, he used hand-molded, aluminum coated in acrylic; the full work consists of two, human-sized pieces that reference oak tree trunks as a corporeal stand-in, evoking both callused and weathered flesh and the sites of lynching. It was created for the show, "Whiteness" (The Kitchen, New York, 2018), which addressed race and the violence perpetrated against non-white bodies. This work and body of work has been publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed widely in national art and daily press publications, and collected by major art institutions.

Artist Sandeep Mukherjee. Copyright held by the artist.

Sandeep Mukherjee

Partial artwork, installation image

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a later period and body of work in Sandeep Mukherjee's career beginning in 2016, when he began extended the dimensionality of his abstract work in beyond relief to full sculpture in both mural-like wall pieces employing folded aluminum panels and in-the-round sculpture that often hung from ceilings to the floor. The wall pieces extended to lengths over forty feet and often used colors and painted forms that called to mind molten lava or an evolving universe. His hand-molded, aluminum sculptures works were human-sized and coated in acrylic; they often referenced both tree trunks and the body, in some cases, addressing social issues such as racially motivated violence. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize a key shift in his art, which brought ongoing recognition from art journals, daily press publications, and exhibiting institutions. Mukherjee'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 Sandeep Mukherjee, 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.