Gebedswolke (Prayer clouds)
Gebedswolke (Prayer clouds)
Gebedswolke (Prayer clouds)

Igshaan Adams

Gebedswolke (Prayer clouds), 2022Sign in to view price
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Gold and silver link chain, copper wire and cotton twine; wire, gold chain, and spray paintPublic Gallery
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork depicts a minimalist landscape scene with muted tones and a prominent central path. The composition features earthy hues of brown and gray, creating a sense of atmospheric haze. The path is defined by a striking yellow line that divides the space, drawing the viewer's attention towards the distant horizon. The artist's use of subtle textures and a limited color palette evokes a contemplative and introspective mood, inviting the viewer to reflect on the relationship between nature and human presence. This piece likely explores themes of solitude, quiet contemplation, and the fragility of the natural world. ...

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Igshaan Adams
Artist
Igshaan Adams
B.1982, South African

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. ...

Igshaan Adams: Artworks
Bontheuwel / Epping
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Bontheuwel / Epping, 2021
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Tussen Die Kas En Die Voetend Van Haar Kooi. (Between Her Cuboard and the Foot end of Her Bed)
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Tussen Die Kas En Die Voetend Van Haar Kooi. (Between Her Cuboard and the Foot end of Her Bed), 2021
273 x 168cm
Vanguard
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Vanguard, 2021
246 x 283cm
Zulekha
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Zulekha, 2019
280 x 300cm
Plate 2 from the series Neoscope
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Plate 2 from the series Neoscope, 2014
160 x 180 x 180cm
Please Remember II
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Please Remember II, 2013
Heideveld
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Heideveld, 2021
240 x 360cm
Langa
Al-Muyhee (Giver of Life)
Igshaan Adams
Al-Muyhee (Giver of Life), 2020
246 x 270cm
69
Igshaan Adams
69, 2013
238 x 135 x 138cm
Kruispad
Igshaan Adams
Kruispad, 2021
270 x 190cm
Govan-Mbeki Road, Khayelitsha
Igshaan Adams
Govan-Mbeki Road, Khayelitsha, 2020
265 x 231cm
Weiveld (ii)
Igshaan Adams
Weiveld (ii), 2021
250 x 280cm
Gebedswolke (Prayer clouds)
Igshaan Adams
Gebedswolke (Prayer clouds), 2022
Untitled
Igshaan Adams
Untitled, 2021
86.9 x 86.1 x 1.5cm
Duisterent I
Igshaan Adams
Duisterent I, 2023
275 x 295cm
Duisterent II
Igshaan Adams
Duisterent II, 2023
70 x 60 x 60cm
Duisterent I
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Duisterent I, 2017
275 x 295cm
Maureen, Roy
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Maureen, Roy, 2024
285 x 266cm
Salat Aljamaeat Min Bonteheuwel iv
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Salat Aljamaeat Min Bonteheuwel iv, 2024
140 x 116cm
Holy terrain
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Holy terrain, 2024
644 x 416cm
Overflow
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Overflow, 2024
260 x 372cm
Pit
Dimming lustre
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Dimming lustre, 2024
223 x 305cm
Barrier
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Barrier, 2024
266 x 277cm
Dark comfort (i)
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Dark comfort (i), 2024
276 x 186cm
Dark comfort (ii)
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Dark comfort (ii), 2024
280 x 186cm
Dark resonance (i)
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Dark resonance (i), 2024
159 x 148cm
Dark resonance (ii)
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Dark resonance (ii), 2024
159 x 149cm
Dark resonance (iii)
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Dark resonance (iii), 2024
163 x 152cm
Dark resonance (iv)
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Dark resonance (iv), 2024
163 x 152cm
Psycho trash (i)
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Psycho trash (i), 2024
150 x 120 x 106cm
Psycho trash (ii)
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Psycho trash (ii), 2024
125 x 140 x 105cm
Psycho trash (iii)
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125 x 85 x 110cm
Psycho trash (iv)
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Psycho trash (iv), 2024
100 x 100 x 125cm
Psycho trash (vii)
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Psycho trash (vii), 2024
120 x 130 x 140cm
Psycho trash (viii)
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Psycho trash (viii), 2024
120 x 100 x 130cm
Psycho trash (ix)
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Psycho trash (ix), 2024
80 x 90 x 70cm
Psycho trash (xi)
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Psycho trash (xi), 2024
110 x 110 x 110cm
Byron, Jaime-Lee, Dustin (i)
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Byron, Jaime-Lee, Dustin (i), 2024
171 x 317cm
Byron, Jaime-Lee, Dustin (iii)
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Byron, Jaime-Lee, Dustin (iii), 2024
178 x 165cm
Byron, Jaime-Lee, Dustin (ii)
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Byron, Jaime-Lee, Dustin (ii), 2024
170 x 165cm
Byron
Georgia, Dustin
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Georgia, Dustin, 2024
267 x 186cm
Dustin, Georgia
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Dustin, Georgia, 2024
258 x 180cm
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