File:Lynn Aldrich Starting Over Neo Atlantis 2008.tiff

Sculpture by Lynn Aldrich, Starting Over: Neo-Atlantis (side view): Sponges, scrubbers, scouring pads, mop heads, brushes, plastic gloves, plungers, plumbing parts, 54" x 96" x 66", 2008. The image illustrates a major, mature body of work in Lynn Aldrich's career during the 2000s, when she embraced a more assertive theatricality and sensual extravagance and explored more overtly philosophical and theological themes involving the earth and cosmos, society, and perception. This body of work included (in this case) tragicomic works that mimicked aquatic life with commercial products and works commenting on humanity's relationship to wildlife that used faux-fur. This work and similar works have been publicly exhibited in prominent art venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications by prominent critics, and acquired by museums.

Artist Lynn Aldrich. Copyright held by the artist.

Lynn Aldrich

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a major, mature body of work in Lynn Aldrich's career during the 2000s, when she embraced a more assertive theatricality and sensual extravagance and explored more overtly philosophical and theological themes involving the earth and cosmos, society, and perception. This work was more whimsical and busier in its color, spatial and textural range, and featured (in this case) tragicomic works that mimicked aquatic life through colorful dioramas made of things like constructed out of kitchen sponges, scrub pads and toilet scrubbers; others used faux-fur to comment on humanity's relationship to wildlife. 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 major phase and body of work in her career, which attracted inclusion in major exhibitions and national reviews. Aldrich'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 Lynn Aldrich, 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.