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Painting by JoAnne Carson, Wishful Thinking (acrylic on canvas, 39" x 48", 2019). The image illustrates a key later body of work developed throughout the 2010s, when Carson returned to painting, pictorially expanding on the world of her sculptures with imaginary landscapes and floral portraits that suggest narrative dramas with plants as protagonists. These later paintings draw on "high" art influences such as Cubism and Surrealism as well as popular culture inspirations, such as Looney Tunes cartoons; critics describe them as over-the-top, hallucinogenic spectacles, populated by anthropomorphic hybrid vegetation. This work and related works have been publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in art and daily press publications.

Artist JoAnne Carson. Copyright held by the artist.

JoAnne Carson

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a distinct later body of work that Carson developed throughout the 2010s: her return to painting and drawing, which pictorially expanded on the world of her sculptures with imaginary, futuristic landscapes and floral portraits that suggest narrative dramas with plants as protagonists. Critics consider this later work's intent seriocomic—both cautionary and celebratory—directly engaging art historical fetishizing of nature, contemporary anxieties in an age of biological experimentation and climate change, and testimony to the possibility of beauty and resourcefulness of life, even under dire conditions. 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 a key phase in her work, which brought new recognition from major art journals, daily press publications, and museums. Carson'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 JoAnne Carson, 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.