cotton twine, polypropylene and polyester braided ropePublic Gallery
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
This striking contemporary artwork features a large, textured tapestry in a muted color palette of blues and browns. The abstract composition is created through the interplay of various materials, including woven fibers and fringed edges, evoking a sense of depth and movement. The artist's use of neutral tones and organic textures suggests a connection to the natural world, while the scale and bold presentation invite the viewer to contemplate the piece's intricate details and emotive qualities. This work likely reflects the artist's exploration of materiality, texture, and the human experience within the context of contemporary fiber arts. ...
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 necessarily always a factual account but can be what is imagined - a combination of myth-making and meaning-making”.
Adams approaches materiality through his own subjectivity. Often, cultural and religious references are used in conjunction with surfaces that have always been present throughout his life; thread, beads, wire, linoleum, cotton twine, fabric. His interest in the material oscillates between the intuitive process of handling different substances as well as a formal inquiry into how various materials behave in different contexts and how they transfigure or evolve depending. Likening the material’s potential for evolution to his own potential for evolution, Adams is engaged in broadening his ideas of selfhood in an ongoing process of covering and uncovering, doing and undoing. ...
