File:Mia Westerlund Roosen Muro Series lX 1978.jpg

Sculpture by Mia Westerlund Roosen, Muro Series lX (concrete and steel, 210" x 105" x 22.5". 1978). The image illustrates a key early body of work in Mia Westerlund Roosen's career in the 1970s, when she produced her monolithic "Muro" series of sculptures, which brought her first wide recognition. The wedge-like sculptures combined minimalist, largely monochromatic form—poured concrete or asphalt slabs stood side by side or back to back—and post-minimalist handmade surfaces created with trowels and, as in this case, embellished with roofing copper or heavy plates of oxidized metal. This work was publicly exhibited in prominent exhibitions, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications and acquired by a major museum.

Artist Mia Westerlund Roosen. Copyright held by the artist.

Mia Westerlund Roosen

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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 Mia Westerlund Roosen's career in the 1970s: the large-scale "Muro" sculptures, her first major body of work, which melded minimalist objecthood, aspects of monochromatic and shaped-canvas painting, and more post-minimalist handmade, trowel-textured surfaces. She produced them by pouring concrete or asphalt to form thin horizontal slabs that became monolithic vertical surfaces when stood side by side or back to back. Critics described them as eloquent and emotive, with an appearance that was both flexible and stationary, and playful and serene, with a sense of having sprouted full-grown. 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 early, foundational body of work, which brought Westerlund Roosen initial recognition through exhibitions and coverage by major critics and publications. Westerlund Roosen'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 Mia Westerlund Roosen, 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.