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Under SiegeFake Brick, Steel, and Found ObjectsRobbie Barber
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The Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition is a national juried competition presented annually by the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The Rosen has become an integral part of An Appalachian Summer Festival, the university's annual multi-arts celebration presented by the Office of Arts & Cultural Programs.
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Artist's Comments
Typically treated as eyesores on the landscape, these structures are glaring reminders of the social and economic plight of a large segment of our society. Yet on a formal level, they have a hidden beauty I am drawn to, abundant with complex relationships of color, texture, and shape. Like the ashcan school of American painters from the early 20th century, I am interested in everyday subject matter. Like these artists, I believe there exists subtle nobility in these castles of the mundane.