Mr Arthur’s (7-11)
Embodying the unerring capacity of our material heritage to transport us however fleetingly across time and space, James Adams’ work explores the traces left by history in the present, as well as the ghostly echoes of those places that have long since vanished. Whilst the historic structure of Mr Arthur’s store endures to this day, the artist’s monochrome rendering points to the precariousness of structures like it, a point reinforced by the recent destruction of two historic homes along the same stretch of North Church Street.
About the Artist
James Adams
b. 1980
James Adams was born in Guernsey, Channel Islands in 1980. After qualifying as an Art Teacher, James took on roles as Artist-in-Residence at The King’s School Worcester, England and following a move to the Dominican Republic, a residency at the Altos De Chavon School of Art and Design in La Romana. Following the success of numerous group and solo exhibitions, James spent a sabbatical year in Vancouver, Canada where he studied sculpture and worked with First Nations Artists, most notably, Rodney Kolausok, a prolific stone and wood carver. Eventually moving to Hong Kong to teach art for several years, Adams now lives and works in the Cayman Islands. His work was recently featured at the National Gallery in Conversations with the Past in the Present Tense: 3rd Cayman Islands Biennial (2023).
