File:Leigh Behnke The Paradox of Infinite Regression 1999.jpg

Multi-panel painting by Leigh Behnke, The Paradox of Infinite Regression (oil on wood panel, 12" x 34", 1999). The image illustrates a mid-career, mature work in Leigh Behnke's oeuvre from the 1990s onward, when iconography and narrative play an increasing role in her work and her imagery began to incorporate references to cosmological and natural phenomena, universal forms, and scientific theory, often in triptychs and stacked, multi-paneled vertical works. This work and similar works have been publicly exhibited in prominent venues in the U.S. and internationally, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Leigh Behnke. Copyright held by the artist.

Leigh Behnke

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a mid-career, mature work in Leigh Behnke's oeuvre from the period of the 1990s onward, when iconography and narrative play an increasing role in her work, suggesting senses of collective history, the past, and time in the dialogue between imagery. That imagery began to incorporate references to cosmological and natural phenomena, universal forms, and scientific theory, often in triptychs and stacked, multi-paneled vertical works that explored astronomy, natural and mathematical forms such as the spiral or nautilus (as in this work), and complex spatial relationships. 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 visualize this distinct body of work, which brought continuing recognition in major art journals and daily press publications. Behnke'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 Leigh Behnke, 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.