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"Barely Flying"
41" x 26" x 4.5"
2004
epoxy polymer, aluminum, foam

�Gegen den Strich-Philip Simmons bei Breitengraser�
Die Welt, February 27, 2004, Berlin
"Against the Grain--Philip Simmons at Breitengraser"
Excerpt:
�Against the Grain� is the name of the exhibition that he is now showing at Breitengraser-Room for Contemporary Sculpture. He gives his work a single function, that of beauty. And while that is the only use that his objects should have, he builds them out of functional materials such as floor covering and acrylic polymer, but distances the materials from their normal uses.They retain only a sense of structure and aesthetics. In the making of the objects, Simmons reclaims aspects of design inherent in the materials, but changes and varies them to undercut their original purpose to allow only formal sculptural issues to remain.
His �Lino-Types� are not similar to anything, but remind one of the best aspects of figurative curvilinear forms or music notations. In a second group of works he retains the clean, smooth surfaces, but also gives the objects recognizeable forms. For instance, the stylized skeleton in an homage to Giacometti, �WWHC� (Woman With her Throat Cut). So it seems that all of the works, here somewhat more concrete, there somewhat more abstract, are an exploration of the boundaries of art and design. 1200 to 3500 euros.

"House"
Acrylic resin, vinyl, aluminum, foam, chain
36� x 34� x 2 1/2� (chain length variable)
2006

"Toro"
47" x 34" x 4.5"
2005
vinyl, epoxy polymer, aluminum, foam

"Squirt"
35" x 55 " x 4.5"
2005
vinyl, epoxy polymer, aluminum, foam

"4 Indians"
63" x 35" x 4 1/2"
2006
epoxy polymer, vinyl, plastic chain, aluminum