One of the winners in the 2010 Sculpture Competition. Joe Barnett’s sculpture Inside Out is no longer at the Bernice Garden.
Joe Barnett from Little Rock, AR
Inside Out
Concrete, & Stone
50 in. x 48 in. x 35 in.
2010 Temporary Location: South Corner
Sculpture Concept:
Inside Out is an abstracted figurative piece designed to trap water. Constructed of concrete, copper, and stone, the sculpture depicts a portrait of a face. The portrait is placed face-down on a stone pedestal in a resting or peaceful position with the eyes closed. The overturned face creates a vessel that collects rainwater.
Joe Barnett’s intention with the piece is that many viewers will identify and place themselves in their reflections viewed in the collected rain water. The sculpture creates a community of different faces in the rainwater. It is the focus of this sculpture to inspire the audience to think of peace, and view their part in creating peace.
Joe Barnett
Contact: joesculptures@comcast.net
Website: http://www.joebarnett.net/
Artist Bio:
Joe Barnett has worked as an Arkansas artist for over 20 years and lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a Degree in Art in 1983. Joe can work in any media, but he primarily works on sculptures.
Joe owns a landscape company in which he incorporates his sculptures. Having done several private commissions, he recently was commissioned by the North Little Rock Laman Library to complete a six foot bronze sculpture for their building.
Joe was in the 2009 Delta Show, and has worked for many years with the Symphony Designer House, where he both designs the landscape and places sculptures. Whether Joe is working with an individual or a corporation, he is able to take a space and make it work in artistically.
