Arthur Simms I Portrait of a politician vomiting

Born in 1961 in Kingston, Jamaica, and now based in the United States, Simms has for several decades been developing a distinctive sculptural practice based on the assembly, fastening and tensioning of industrial fragments, domestic objects and organic materials. His structures, often vertical and sometimes totemic, explore the notions of balance, memory and transformation, giving rise to forms that are both fragile and architectural. Building on the legacy of post-war assemblage whilst developing a deeply personal language, Simms transforms materials steeped in use and history into structures where tension, accumulation and balance become vectors of memory and experience.