File:Joe Ray New Eye 1969.jpg

Sculpture by Joe Ray, New Eye (cast resin and plexiglas, 7" x 11" x 11", 1969). The image illustrates a key early body of work in Joe Ray's career beginning in the 1960s: his abstract, cast-resin sculptures exploring perception, the effects of transient light and movement, the individual human body and its systems, and the cosmos. These works were related the California Light and Space movement and employed basic shapes and arrangements, as in this work, consisting of several rings with a spheres in the middle. Ray often added pigments to his resin works—in some cases candy-colored hues or, as in this work, and black and white values that alluded to referencing racial issues. This body of work was publicly exhibited in prominent exhibitions, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications and acquired by a major museum.

Artist Joe Ray. Copyright held by the artist.

Joe Ray (artist)

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key early body of work in Joe Ray's career beginning in the 1960s, when he created abstract, cast-resin sculptures employing basic shapes—spheres, half-spheres, arcs and rings—translucency, and pigments. These works were related the California Light and Space movement and embraced both scientific, technical aspects of the material and its more esoteric, perception-altering properties, such as the ability to take on solid form and be animated by transient light and movement. Their themes revolved around perception, the individual human body and its systems, and the cosmos. 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 understand this foundational body of work, which brought Ray early recognition through museum exhibitions and acquisitions and coverage by major critics and publications. Ray'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 Joe Ray, 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 working of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.