File:Steven Hull Is the Moon Bright Enough? 2015.jpg

Painting by Steven Hull, Is the Moon Bright Enough? (acrylic on canvas, framed, 95.5" x 10' 10.75", 2015). The image illustrates an mid-career period and distinct body of work in Steven Hull's oeuvre in the 2010s, when he produced figurative paintings and drawings. This work is characterized by edgy draftsmanship, lurid or moody colors, and darker erotic, alienated or ominous subjects and themes. It often depicts masked and obscured figures rendered with graphic, Picasso-like cubist angles and has been likened to the work of German expressionists such as Max Beckmann and Otto Dix. This series of work has been publicly exhibited and performed in prominent venues, discussed widely in national art and daily press publications, and commissioned by major art institutions.

Artist Steven Hull. Copyright held by the artist.

Steven Hull

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an mid-career period and distinct body of work in Steven Hull's oeuvre in the 2010s: his figurative paintings and drawings. This work often features masked and obscured figures rendered with graphic, Picasso-like cubist angles and lurid or moody colors, which recalled the work of German expressionists such as Max Beckmann and Otto Dix. They generally explore darker erotic or ominous subjects that he mixes with more playful or whimsical elements in installations and tableaux. 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 a key body of work and medium in his art, which brought him recognition from art journals, daily press publications, and other institutions. Hull'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 Steven Hull, 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.