File:Ken Gonzales-Day Profiled Series AnticoHarwood 2010.jpg

Photographic billboard installation by Ken Gonzales-Day, (Antico [Pier Jacopo Alari-Bonacolsi], Bust of a Young Man, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Francis Harwood, Bust of a Man, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA), "Profiled Series," 2010). The image illustrates a key, distinct later body of work in Ken Gonzales-Day's career in the 2010s, his "Profiled " project, in which he explores the legacies of slavery, colonialism and imperialism, and Western assumptions about beauty and human value through ethnological depictions in expositions and museum collections. The series' images, such as this one, feature pointed juxtapositions of photographed museum statuary in facing profiles in a single frame, often of Western classical "artworks" and anthropological depictions of "primitive" persons. They appeared in many formats, including photography exhibitions and billboard installations. This work and related works were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed widely in prominent art and daily press publications, and displayed and acquired by major institutions.

Artist Ken Gonzales-Day. Copyright held by the artist.

Ken Gonzales-Day

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key, distinct later body of work in Ken Gonzales-Day's career, which brought continuing international recognition in the 2010s: his "Profiled " project, in which he explores the legacies of slavery, colonialism and imperialism, and Western assumptions about beauty and human value through ethnological depictions in expositions and museum collections. The series' images, such as this one, use subtle lighting, positioning and delicate tinting to suggest complex, silent, cross-cultural dialogues and sometimes-comic incongruities in feature pointed juxtapositions of photographed museum statuary facing one another in profile in a single frame; they often feature Western classical "artworks" and anthropological depictions of "primitive" persons. They appeared in many formats, including photography exhibitions and billboard installations. 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 visualize this distinct, major and long-running project (2010–9) in his career, which brought major recognition from prominent art journals, daily press publications, and institutions. Gonzales-Day'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 Ken Gonzales-Day, 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.