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Painting by Greg Drasler, On the Lam (oil on linen in two panels, 70" x 160”, 2011). The image illustrates a key later body of work developed in the latter 2000s and 2010s by Greg Drasler, when his investigations of interior and liminal spaces turned to Hollywood illusionism, automobile interiors, and the American road trip. This work, encompassing several series, explored metaphors such as the freedom, seclusion, and imaginative capacity offered by the automobile in enigmatic images packed with objects, decorative and Native American patterns, and Americana travel references. This work and related works have been publicly exhibited in prominent venues and discussed widely in art and daily press publications.

Artist Greg Drasler. Copyright held by the artist.

Greg Drasler

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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 Greg Drasler developed in the latter 2000s and 2010s: his enigmatic paintings exploring Hollywood illusionism, automobile interiors, and the American road trip, which considered themes involving the freedom, seclusion, nostalgia, and imaginative capacity offered by the automobile. This work has encompassed several series, and is characterized by images packed with objects, decorative and Native American patterns, vernacular roadhouse architecture, and Americana travel references that involve a new level of postmodern bricolage and displacement than previous work. Because the article is about an artist and his practice, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this key later body of work whose visual complexity cannot be adequately conveyed in verbal description alone. Drasler's work of this type and this work in particular have been widely exhibited and reviewed and are discussed in the article and by prominent writers cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Greg Drasler, 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.