Barry Gunderson
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Dirt - 2009-2012
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​Grant Wood was one of my earliest art heroes.  Perhaps I was drawn to him because of my Minnesota upbringing.  His depictions of Iowa farms and farmers touched me as only a fellow mid-westerner could.  I greatly admired his depictions of rolling lands, lollipop trees, and evidence of hard work.  

This series explores the abstract patterns of plowing, tilling, seeding, and growing.  Amidst these patterns of the land is the architecture of the farm.  Red and white patterned barns, silos, and plotted gardens coexist with the cut-up wedges of land.  All of these workings of the land have provided me with vast sculptural opportunities.  These wall-mounted sculptures have allowed me to explore color, shape, and texture while thinking of the tenuous existence of the small family farm. 

 

Corn Rows

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Painted wood, polyurethane | 13 x 21 x 8 inches | 2009

BankBarn

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Painted wood, polyurethane | 6 x 26 x 9 inches | 2009
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Three Trees on a Hill

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Painted wood, polyurethane | 13 x 22 x 14 inches | 2009
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                                                                   HedgeHill

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Painted wood, polyurethane I 8 x 30 x 9 inches I 2010-13

Four Acres

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Painted wood, laminated poplar and birch plywood, polyurethane | 2 x 20 x 20 inches | 2010

Field Tree

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Painted wood, polyurethane | 7 x 47 x 8 inches | 2010

Out and Back

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Painted wood and wood turnings, polyurethane | 6 x 56 x 6 inches | 2010
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HillCrop

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Painted wood and nails | 16 x 9 x 24 inches | 2010

Quarter Section

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Painted wood, nails, tacks, and staples | 3 x 24 x 18 inches | 2010

CrossRoads

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Painted wood, laminated birch plywood and poplar, polyurethane | 4 x 37 x 14 inches | 2010

FarmLane

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Painted wood, polyurethane | 7 x 26 x 11 inches | 2010

Untillable

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Painted wood, polyurethane | 7 x 20 x 15 inches | 2010
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RiverRun

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Painted wood, nails and pins, thread, polyurethane | 5 x 47 x 10 inches | 2012

Split

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Painted wood, brushes, polyurethane | 3.5 x 27 x 26.5 inches | 2012

Ripe

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Painted wood, polyurethane | 6.5 x 49 x 12 inches | 2012