Kerry Simms
Fine Art BA Hons
Duncan of Jordanstone University of Dundee
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture / Printmaking
My location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Kerry Simms
First Name: Kerry
Last Name: Simms
University / College: Duncan of Jordanstone University of Dundee
Course / Program: Fine Art BA Hons
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Fine Art / Installation/Sculpture / Printmaking
My Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
About
Kerry Simms has recently graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee with a First-class Honours degree in Fine Art. They have also been awarded an RSA John Kinross scholarship and has been developing their practice in Florence in July and August 2023. Working ethnographically, Kerry Simms' practice is motivated by reactions to their surrounding environment and observations of society in a wider context. Through abstraction, their work aims to echo the oppressive nature of the cultural and economic forces that shape our everyday. They are interested in the restrictive and all-encompassing nature of free-market ideology within Western society.
Limited Liability aims to embody both the solitude of consumerist lifestyle in the age of individualism and the labyrinth of Post-Fordist capital accumulation. In Britain and across western societies, many feel their democracy is merely a performative act. Simms' work intends to highlight the tension between the legal body and the reality, focusing on a common ground of experience. The six colours used are the most popular colours of shipping containers, contributing a globalisation undertone to the work. The use of geometric shapes echo the rigidity of current power structures. The pipeline-like shapes mirror both the flow of dirty money into our economy and the revolving door between business, politics and the media. Varying levels of transparency are reminiscent of the camouflage present in the financial sector, through the use of offshore tax havens and front companies. The work aims to make the invisible framework for domestic issues and policy-making visible.
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