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Barbara Barnes Allen

January 18, 2008 - March 28, 2008

Featured Artist Project organized by Alexander Campos

Barbara Barnes Allen’s background in sculpture is immediately apparent in her book art. Architectural structures hold books as the pinnacle, the finishing touch; the structure is designed to emphasize and amplify the content or theme of the book. The books themselves are fully functional, readable works. “They are designed to be picked up off the top of the sculpture and to be read as part of the overall experience of viewing the book.”

Barbara Barnes Allen

All Natural Ingredient
(2005) Mixed media

An Idle Dream: A Book of Questions
(2005) Mixed media

Another Journey
(2007) Mixed media

Book of Excuses
(2005) Mixed media

Book of Santos
(2006) Mixed media

Language Lessons
(2005) Mixed media

Nature's Obelisk
(2007) Mixed media

Sifting Through Time
(2006) Mixed media

The View from Mountainview
(2005) Mixed media

Versailles
(2007) Mixed media