Plate 2 from the series Neoscope

Igshaan Adams

Plate 2 from the series Neoscope, 2014160 x 180 x 180cmSign in to view price
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found tablecloth, tassels, wire, sponge, beads, artificial flowersPublic Gallery
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features a vibrant cluster of multicolored flowers suspended from a delicate string against a stark white backdrop. The floral arrangement, with its mix of pink, white, and green hues, creates a visually striking and textured composition. The artwork is grounded by a large, circular yellow platform on the floor, adding a sense of balance and contrast to the overall piece. The artist's use of natural materials, such as the flowers and string, combined with the minimalist setting, suggests a contemplative and ephemeral quality to the work. This piece likely reflects the artist's exploration of themes related to impermanence, nature, and the human experience. ...

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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
1170 x 325 x 495cm
Tussen Die Kas En Die Voetend Van Haar Kooi. (Between Her Cuboard and the Foot end of Her Bed)
Igshaan Adams
Tussen Die Kas En Die Voetend Van Haar Kooi. (Between Her Cuboard and the Foot end of Her Bed), 2021
273 x 168cm
Vanguard
Igshaan Adams
Vanguard, 2021
246 x 283cm
Zulekha
Igshaan Adams
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
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Duisterent II, 2023
70 x 60 x 60cm
Duisterent I
Igshaan Adams
Duisterent I, 2017
275 x 295cm
Maureen, Roy
Igshaan Adams
Maureen, Roy, 2024
285 x 266cm
Salat Aljamaeat Min Bonteheuwel iv
Igshaan Adams
Salat Aljamaeat Min Bonteheuwel iv, 2024
140 x 116cm
Holy terrain
Igshaan Adams
Holy terrain, 2024
644 x 416cm
Overflow
Igshaan Adams
Overflow, 2024
260 x 372cm
Pit
Dimming lustre
Igshaan Adams
Dimming lustre, 2024
223 x 305cm
Barrier
Igshaan Adams
Barrier, 2024
266 x 277cm
Dark comfort (i)
Igshaan Adams
Dark comfort (i), 2024
276 x 186cm
Dark comfort (ii)
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Dark comfort (ii), 2024
280 x 186cm
Dark resonance (i)
Igshaan Adams
Dark resonance (i), 2024
159 x 148cm
Dark resonance (ii)
Igshaan Adams
Dark resonance (ii), 2024
159 x 149cm
Dark resonance (iii)
Igshaan Adams
Dark resonance (iii), 2024
163 x 152cm
Dark resonance (iv)
Igshaan Adams
Dark resonance (iv), 2024
163 x 152cm
Psycho trash (i)
Igshaan Adams
Psycho trash (i), 2024
150 x 120 x 106cm
Psycho trash (ii)
Igshaan Adams
Psycho trash (ii), 2024
125 x 140 x 105cm
Psycho trash (iii)
Igshaan Adams
Psycho trash (iii), 2024
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
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Byron
Georgia, Dustin
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Georgia, Dustin, 2024
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