In Rodin: A Day at le Musée, I was inspired by the dynamic and emotional nature of the artist’s work. On a visit to the Musée Rodin in 2010, I was overwhelmed by his exceptional use of texture and gesture and tried to capture this with my camera. I photographed the collection and grounds using a handheld Canon PowerShot at 1600 ASA with a wide aperture, allowing me to flood the sensors with ambient and reflected light. The desired effect is meant to strip the objects of much of their physicality and emphasize the movements and expressions of the forms. Showing them in this way, I aim to free Rodin’s sculptures of their burdensome media and preserve and amplify the artist’s original intent.
All works are piezo print on archival polymer paper on aluminum.
Danse A
March 17, 2010
Accroupie
March 17, 2010
Bellone
March 17, 2010
Eustache
March 17, 2010
Le Jardin A
March 17, 2010
Le Jardin B
March 17, 2010
Le Jardin C
March 17, 2010
Le Cri
March 17, 2010
Narcisse
March 17, 2010
Troi Ombres
March 17, 2010
FOUND by Henry J. Simonds showcases two principal aspects of the artist’s practice: the construction and documentation of temporary environmental installations and the experimental repurposing of found materials into sculptures and assemblages. In his studio practice, Simonds finds inspiration in the mundane. Approaching his work with thoughtfulness, he celebrates beauty and humor and discovers the unique qualities inherent in the everyday objects and materials he uses. He places them in a new context and gives them deeper meaning, thus granting them new life as cultural forms.
The environmental installations - which the artist refers to as Geo-Tags, a nod to graffiti and their geographical nature - are represented here in the form of photographic documentation. Simonds’ belief is that the true works exist as temporary interventions in the landscape and that their value is in their possibility. Time, the conditions, and their locations mean that few, if any, may have the opportunity to experience these interventions as they were left; but the possibility of their discovery, and the thought of a potential viewer being confronted with a surprising, unique aesthetic experience is thrilling.
http://www.galerieprotege.com/exhibitions/found-by-henry-j-simonds
Hudson River Park, New York, NY 2015
Archival pigment print
18 x 13 in
Bill
New York, NY
2015
Archival pigment print
18 x 18 in
Chance Meeting Across the Hudson, Jersey City, NJ
2015
Archival pigment print
24 x 18 in
Pier 99, New York, NY
2015
Archival pigment print
24 x 18 in
Georgica Pond, East Hampton, NY
2014
Archival pigment print
18 x 13 in
Harbor Beach, Jupiter, FL
2015
Archival pigment print
24 x 18 in
Highline
New York, NY
2015
Archival pigment print
24 x 18 in
Hudson Drift
New York, NY
2015
Archival pigment print
15 x 15 in
Brown’s Ranch, North Scottsdale, AZ
2015
Archival pigment print
24 x 18 in
Pudding Point, Beaumaris, ON (Canada)
2015
Archival pigment print
13 x 18 in
Sagaponack Pond, Bridgehampton, NY
2014
Archival pigment print
18 x 24 in
Whippoor-Will-Hill, Laughlintown, PA
2014
Archival pigment print
18 x 13 in
Colin T. O’Neill Trail, Middlebury, VT
2015
Archival pigment print
18 x 13 in
Pinnacle Peak Scottsdale, AZ
2015
Archival pigment print
13 x 16 ½ in
Highline Too, New York, NY
2015
Archival pigment print
13 x 18 in
Eternal Love
2015
Mixed media assemblage
6 ½ x 2 ½ x 1 ½ in
Venus of Menlo Park
2015
Mixed media assemblage
3 ¼ x 6 x 3 ¼ in
Poor Handling
2015
Mixed media assemblage
24 ½ x 20 in
This is a bad idea
2015
Mixed media assemblage
3 ½ x 6 in
Wood. Knots
2015
Mixed media assemblage
10 x 19 in
A Minor Domestic Disturbance
2015
Mixed media assemblage
4 ½ x 4 ½ x 3 in
Pink Nails
2015
Mixed media assemblage
3 ½ x 5 in
Powerlessness
2015
Mixed media assemblage
3 x 16 in
My Darling…
2015
Mixed media assemblage
11 ½ x 14 ½ in
Keys to an Unknown Kingdom
2015
Mixed media assemblage
10 x 23 in
A Jolly Good Scrubbing
2014
Mixed media assemblage
13 ½ x 13 ½ in
Desert Night
2014
Mixed media assemblage
3 x 8 in
Red Graph
2014
Mixed media assemblage
7 x 7 in
Objectified
2014
Mixed media assemblage
6 ½ x 14 ½ in
Black and White Sketch
2013
Mixed media assemblage
13 ½ x 13 ½ in
Flavin was here!
2015
Mixed media assemblage
36 x 33 in
