May 2019. Slate, pigmented and sealed steel. Dimensions: 17 × 22 × 8 in (43 × 56 × 20 cm).
Barani
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.
May 2019. Slate, pigmented and sealed steel. Dimensions: 17 × 22 × 8 in (43 × 56 × 20 cm).
Barani
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.
