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Sculpture by Susan Mastrangelo, Head Shot (clay and sculpey, 2" x 2" each head, 2003–06; selection from wall installation of 350 heads). The image illustrates a key early body of work by Susan Mastrangelo in the 1990s and 2000s, when she produced figurative sculptures of heads and full figures that ranged from expressively representational to stylized and abstract. This image depicts a selection of heads from a wall installation of 350. The heads were quickly jabbed and pinched out of clay, yet contained surprising specificity, including details such as dreadlocks, glasses, braids and bows. They were described as humorous, yet also carried an unnerving emotional impact, ranging from macabre to expressive of community and resilience. This body of work and individual piece were publicly exhibited in prominent exhibitions and discussed by critics in major art journals and daily press publications.

Artist Susan Mastrangelo. Copyright held by the 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 Susan Mastrangelo's career in the 1990s and 2000s: her sculptural work centering on expressive, sculpted heads and flat, stylized groupings of figures that ranged freely between representation and abstraction. After working in wood and plaster , sculptures whose stiff, restrained gestures, she turned to small, expressive modeled and painted heads in 1997, and between 1999 and 2006, often exhibited them in large groupings or grids directly posted to walls. 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, foundational body of work, which brought Mastrangelo initial recognition through exhibitions and coverage by major critics and publications. Mastrangelo'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 Susan Mastrangelo, and the work no longer is viewable, 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.