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Sculpture by Maria Porges, Squeeze (hot sculpted glass with wall text, 12" tall, 1993–2001). The image illustrates a major medium in Maria Porges's art beginning in the 1990s: her cast objects in glass and bronze, which often placed verbal propositions in contention with the mechanics of visual communication and confounded both. In this work, an hourglass shaped object in hot sculpted glass explores a scientific principle called "the observer effect," distorting text mounted on a wall behind as viewers try to read it. Porges's cast sculptures were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Maria Porges. Copyright held by the artist.

Maria Porges

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Yes. The image will not affect the commercial 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.

The image has contextual significance serving an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key medium in Maria Porges's art, which arose in the 1990s when she began casting objects in glass and bronze. These sculptures often featured text—in labels, captions or blocks—whose subjective ambiguity contrasted with the tangible and conventional elements of her visual forms to uncanny effect. They explored a variety of recurrent themes including history, time, science and magic. 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 medium, which brought Porges early recognition through exhibitions in major venues, coverage by major critics and publications. Porges's work of this type and this series, as well as this specific work, are 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 Maria Porges, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image use is minimal in that it conveys important information that a full artwork image at a limited fair-use size cannot due to the uniquely hyper-detailed nature of the work. By providing a close-up of the artist's style and imagery, it is significantly more informative for a viewer. It is also a further protection (along with the low resolution) against affecting commercial value.