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Barbara Barnes Allen
January 18, 2008 - March 28, 2008

Barbara Barnes Allen

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

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