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Drawing by Nancy Baker Cahill, Slipstream 100 (graphite on paper and wood veneer, 108" x 168" x 24", 2021). The image illustrates a key body of work by Nancy Baker Cahill: her analog work, which has consisted of largely abstract drawings and paintings that have explored themes involving physical embodiment in an increasingly immersive manner. The pictured work, part of her "Slipstream" series, is a graphite work on paper. Baker Cahill often produces these works in conjunction with digitally captured versions that can be transformed into extended reality works. These works were publicly exhibited in prominent locations and discussed in major art journals and daily press publications.

Artist Nancy Baker Cahill. Copyright held by the artist.

Nancy Baker Cahill

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key body of work throughout Nancy Baker Cahill's career: her drawings, which extending across two- and three-dimensional physical work, as well as extended-reality VR and AR mediums. These generally abstract works, which include her "Surds," "Manifestos" and "Hollowpoint" series, often resembled twisting bodily forms or swirling storms, falling comets and teeming undergrowth. They often involve initial graphite drawings or virtual reality mark-making in the air with a handheld controller that are captured by laser and transformed into immersive experiences. 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 body of work, which brought Baker Cahill ongoing recognition through exhibitions in major venues and coverage by major critics and publications. Baker Cahill'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 Nancy Baker Cahill, 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.