File:Barbara Takenaga Gold + Red 2005.jpg

Painting by Barbara Takenaga, Gold + Red (acrylic on wood panel, 42" x 36", 2005). Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. The image illustrates an early period and body of work in Barbara Takenaga's career in the early 2000s, when she worked variations on a set format using centripetal or centrifugal patterns that radiated or coiled from a slightly off-center focal point, which critics often described as mystical and ethereal. These compositions consisted of all-over fields that initially evoked nocturnal skies and celestial forms, before expanding to also suggest cellular or bubble forms, spiraled microorganisms, and (as in this work) mandala-like or Paisley patterns with a wider color palette. This series of work has been publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed widely in national art and daily press publications, and collected by major art institutions.

Artist Barbara Takenaga. Copyright held by the artist.

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an early period and body of work in Barbara Takenaga's career in the early 2000s, after she committed fully to abstraction that was influenced by Tantric mandalas, graphic artist Tadanori Yokoo, and the Pattern and Decoration movement, among others. During this period, she created variations on a set format: small-scaled compositions of all-over fields with centripetal or centrifugal patterns that radiated or coiled from a slightly off-center focal point. These works initially evoked nocturnal skies and celestial forms, and later expanded to include forms like cells or bubbles, spiraled microorganisms, and mandalas or Paisley patterns. 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 developmental phase and shift in her art, which brought her wide recognition from art journals, daily press publications, and museums. Takenaga'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 Barbara Takenaga, 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.