File:Priola Nail 1997.jpg

Photograph by J. John Priola, Nail (gelatin-silver print, framed 40" x 32", 1997). The image illustrates a key body of work in J. John Priola's career from the latter 1990s and 2000s, when he produced black-and-white, gelatin-silver photographic series of small prints focused on under-noticed architectural details and settings. Works such as this one from his largely white, austere "White Wall" series captured things like patches of wall betraying time, use, or neglect, or in this case, a faintly discolored oval beneath a nail where a mirror once blocked the wall from being bleached by the sun. These photographs were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist J. John Priola. Copyright held by the artist.

J. John Priola

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a key mid-career body of work in J. John Priola's art from the latter 1990s and 2000s: his black-and-white, gelatin-silver series of formally composed works largely focused on subtle architectural details and settings. Critics described these works as existing on the border between documentary and conceptual art, functioning as surveys of under-noticed details suggesting the potential questions and intimate domestic histories on the margins of attention. These series captured things like patches of wall betraying time, use, or neglect, illuminated door numbers eerily isolated against dark, nondescript slabs of wall, or functional elements such as foundation vents or "weep holes." 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 understand this key stage and body of work, which brought Priola ongoing recognition through exhibitions in major venues, coverage by major critics and publications, and museum acquisitions. Priola'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 J. John Priola, 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.