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Igshaan Adams
Born in 1982, Cape Town, South Africa
Overview
Igshaan Adams’s practice coalesces performance, weaving, sculpture and installation. Born in Bonteheuwel, a township in Cape Town, South Africa, Adams draws upon his background to contest racial, sexual and religious boundaries. This intersectional topography remains visible throughout his practice and serves as a palimpsest upon which traces of personal histories are inscribed and reinscribed. He explains; “I’m interested in the personal stories recorded on the surface. What is recorded is not ...Read more
Selected artworks
Igshaan Adams
Duisterent I, 2017 - 2023
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Igshaan Adams
Duisterent II, 2023
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Igshaan Adams
Duisterent I, 2023
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Igshaan Adams
Gebedswolke (Prayer clouds), 2022
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Igshaan Adams
Weiveld (ii), 2021
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Igshaan Adams
Govan-Mbeki Road, Khayelitsha, 2020
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Igshaan Adams
Kruispad, 2021
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Igshaan Adams
I am home, 2013
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Igshaan Adams
69, 2013
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Igshaan Adams
Al-Muyhee (Giver of Life), 2020
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Igshaan Adams
Langa, 2021
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Igshaan Adams
Heideveld, 2021
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Igshaan Adams
Please Remember II, 2013
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Igshaan Adams
Plate 2 from the series Neoscope, 2014
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Igshaan Adams
Zulekha, 2019
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Igshaan Adams
Vanguard, 2021
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Igshaan Adams
Tussen Die Kas En Die Voetend Van Haar Kooi. (Between Her Cuboard and the Foot end of Her Bed), 2021
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Igshaan Adams
Bontheuwel / Epping, 2021
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