Tri-State
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Tri State Sculptors/members/Barber
| Robbie Barber |
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Title: Barn Trio Dimensions: each 61"x16"x12" Medium: wood, steel, cement, found objects Date Created: 2005 |
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Title: Supersonic V (Silver Streak) Dimensions: 33"x23"x12.5" Medium: wood, steel, found objects Date Created: 2005 |
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Title: Tool Shed Dimensions: 36"x11"x12" Medium: wood, steel, found objects Date Created: 2005 |
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Title: Tobacco Barn (Red) Dimensions: 38"x14"x20" Medium: wood, steel, found objects Date Created: 2003 |
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Title: Settlin' In Dimensions: 45"x55"x60" Medium: wood, steel, found objects Date Created: 2002 |
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Title: Under Siege Dimensions: 7'x11'x9' Medium: steel, fake brick, found objects Date Created: 2002 |
| Artist's Bio |
Robbie Barber is associate professor of art at Baylor University, where he teaches sculpture and three-dimensional design. He received his BFA degree from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina and his MFA degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Barber has gained notoriety as a sculptor working in a variety of media, and is the recipient of numerous awards. ...... more |
| Artist's Statement |
As a result of my travels throughout North Carolina and rural America, I have become fascinated with the strong visual character of this country's vernacular architecture. For me, vintage lap-board houses, mobile homes, tobacco barns and other agrarian-related structures have become regional icons, and tell the stories of the people that have either built or inhabited them. This implied history in ...... more |
| Resume |
EDUCATION 1988-91 Master of Fine Arts: Sculpture, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 1982-87 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Sculpture, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 1986 University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Summer Classes, Cortona, Italy EMPLOYMENT 2000-present Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Assistant Professor of Art 1994-00 Midwestern State University, Wic ...... more |