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July 2003. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 21 × 33 × 7 in (53 × 84 × 18 cm).
The title comes from the gymnastic term barani, a half-twisting front somersault. The arrangement of stone and steel suggests a body caught mid-rotation, suspended between ascent and descent. As in much of Van Alstine’s work, the sculpture captures a moment of arrested motion—balancing weight, tension, and gravity while suggesting energy poised in mid-action.
July 2003. Granite, steel. Dimensions: 21 × 33 × 7 in (53 × 84 × 18 cm).
The title comes from the gymnastic term barani, a half-twisting front somersault. The arrangement of stone and steel suggests a body caught mid-rotation, suspended between ascent and descent. As in much of Van Alstine’s work, the sculpture captures a moment of arrested motion—balancing weight, tension, and gravity while suggesting energy poised in mid-action.
