BRICK BLOSSOM by Charles Simonds (1981)

Charles Simonds American, born 1945 BRICK BLOSSOM (1981) Clay, sand, and sticks Des Moines Art Center Brick Blossom looks at first like an archeological or anthropological illustration. Although no humans are visible, the central structure looks abandoned during construction, or as if it has been rediscovered and excavated. Simonds has made many structures like this, imagining tiny, fictional…