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People Who Live in a Circle, 1972, 30 x 30 inches, collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NY
People Who Live in a Circle, 1972, 30 x 30 inches, collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NY
Linear People, 8 1/2 x 13 inches, 1970, collection of the artist.
Linear People, 8 1/2 x 13 inches, 1970, collection of the artist.
People Who Live in a Spiral 1974, clay, sand, and wood, 30” in diameter, Collection of Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
People Who Live in a Spiral 1974, clay, sand, and wood, 30” in diameter, Collection of Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio

THREE PEOPLES

Simonds has written a fictive ethnography entitled “Three Peoples.” Originally published in 1976 by The Saman Gallery in Genoa, Italy in English and Italian. It has been widely reproduced and translated.  (See 2003 IVAM catalogue, Unbuilt America 1976 and Individuals 1977).  “Three Peoples” elucidates the behavior and beliefs through time of people who Simonds imagines live in linear, circular and spiral dwellings.

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Linear People

Circular People

Spiral People