File:Frank Piatek N.A.M.E. installation 1975.jpg

Installation by Frank Piatek (N.A.M.E. Gallery installation, mixed media, 1975). The image of an installation illustrates an early major shift and three-dimensional body of work in Frank Piatek's career, beginning in the mid 1970s, when he began to create more directly referential, symbolic drawings, artifact-like sculpture, and carvings that broke significantly from his well-known tube images. The work culminated in and was first shown in this experimental installation at the alternative N.A.M.E. Gallery in 1975. Critics discussed the significant change and insights into Piatek's practice in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Frank Piatek. Copyright held by the artist.

Frank Piatek

Installation image

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating early major shift and three-dimensional body of work in Frank Piatek's career: his production of more directly referential, symbolic drawings of spiders and trees, artifact-like sculpture, and carvings of snakes, stars, podlike sarcophagi and dead men in boats, covered in mud, twine and fabric, broke significantly from his well-known tube images. The new direction culminated in and was first exhibited in an experimental, ritual-like installation at the alternative N.A.M.E. Gallery in 1975. Critics noted the interplay between the primal imagery and contemporary paintings, as well as the insights into Piatek's heretofore hidden process and inspirations. 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 key developmental phase in his work which has continued for the remainder of his career, its revelation of his practice, and its reception and impact. Piatek'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 Frank Piatek, and the installation no longer exists in this form, 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.