Charles Simonds
Outside Inside

December 1–12, 1974 112 Greene Street/Workshop
Installation view of "Charles Simonds: Outside Inside"

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974. Photo: Cosmos Sarchiapone.

Installation view of "Charles Simonds: Outside Inside"

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974. Photo: Cosmos Sarchiapone.

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974

Exhibition Description

Charles Simonds built one of his small-scaled, highly detailed dwellings for a migratory race of little people on the front window ledge of the workshop. The glass pane cut the piece in half, with one part exposed outside and the other preserved within the space. After two weeks time, the outside half had been destroyed.

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.

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Installation view of "Charles Simonds: Outside Inside"
Installation view of "Charles Simonds: Outside Inside"

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974. Photo: Cosmos Sarchiapone.

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974. Photo: Cosmos Sarchiapone.

Charles Simonds, Outside Inside, installation view, 1974