Robbie Barber
Woodway, Texas

Opsis
bronze, cloth
15 x 13 x 22 cm
2004

____Selected exhibitions

  • Transformation V: Contemporary Works in Found Objects, Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 2005
  • Combined Talents: The Florida National 2005, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, 2005
  • Texas Uprising, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, 2004
  • Fort Smith Outdoor Invitational, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 2004
  • Homemade, solo exhibition, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, 2004
  • International Sculpture Center at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, 2003
  • Visions International Competition, First Place Award, Art Center Waco, Waco, Texas, 2002

Robbie Barber was born in Williamston, North Carolina, 1964, and has a BFA from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 1987, and a MFA from the University of Arizona, Tucson, 1991. In 2004, Barber was one of twelve artists to participate in the Keen Foundry Invitational Iron Casting Symposium in Houston and designed an award for the Theater Department at Baylor University where he is an associate professor.
Opsis, with its paint-worn patina, was inspired by cast iron piggy banks. Made originally from wood, this work demonstrates my interest in the iron casting industry and pays homage to the lost art of wood patternmaking that was unique to this industry.