LOGBOOK by C.G. Simonds

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In delivering the 50 pages of his surreal log drawings, artist C.G. Simonds has shared his sculptural visions derived from deep personal connections to his father and grandfather’s activities.
Artist/sculptor C.G. Simonds has dreamed up a superb collection of highly-rendered drawings that fill LOGBOOK. Logs have seemed to have played an important role in his life, with deep connections to his father and grandfather’s activities (see Simonds’ introductory statement). But certainly his ancestors couldn’t have imagined the unusual logs C.G. has fashioned here––one pillar presents a vertical wooden boat stuck in its side, another has your everyday, several-foot-long, carved pair of scissors. There’s a tiny house atop a log, with even tinier windows. Others just emit emotional responses, like some frightening spikes (“2 TRIPODS”), heads stacked high in a column (“LOGGERHEADS”), others simply exhibiting impossible configurations, with titles to match (“CYLENDRIGALS” is a favorite). Some shapes are recognizable, though never viewed before in this contagious context. These unusual works would make a fantastic sculptural show in any art gallery––a room filled with wooden columns that speak volumes. They represent original artistic visions, but spark a past recognition that our lives were once inexplicably dependent on harvesting such log-lengths from ancient forests. In delivering the 50 pages of his surreal log drawings, C.G. Simonds has managed to somehow re-focus the viewer, conjuring up a “time land forgot.” (Or maybe it’s the other way around––Mr. Simonds’ LOGBOOK can do that to a person) In any case, please enjoy how these elegant drawings can shift your reality, so that an everyday term like “log-in” suddenly has a brand new kick.

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C.G. Simonds
SELECTED COLLECTIONS Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Farella, Brown and Martel, Attorneys at Law, San Francisco, California Contraco, Antwerp, Belgium Marcel Evrard, LeBreuil, France Bruno Mory, Paris, France Spayer/ Capparell, Palo Alto, California Marianne and Paul Rodenburg, The Hague, The Netherlands Mr.Witmondt, Montigny-en-Morvan, France Mjelde/Daly, Oslo, Norway Eide/Skaufjord, Oslo, Norway Eva Paaske, Larkollen, Norway Mme.Vergouwen, Anlézy, France Sheckler-Wilson/Wilson, Chatillon-en Bazois, France Schmidt/Schachter, Ilfeld, New Mexico Chahbazian/Tofanelli, Calistoga, California Mr. & Mme Jester, Prayssac, France Mr. & Mme Landois, Foncegrive, France Mr. Ferreux, Saules, France

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