memory, copper and aluminium wire, metal, stone and wooden beads, metal charms, found wire structures, found metal objects, thread, resin spray and automotive sprayPublic Gallery
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
The artwork features a dynamic, three-dimensional sculpture constructed from wiry, metal structures and organic materials. The composition is asymmetrical, with intersecting lines and forms creating a sense of movement and energy. The muted tones of the metalwork contrast with the vibrant, earthy elements, adding visual depth and complexity. The sculpture appears to depict a fragmented, abstracted form, possibly referencing the natural world or the human experience. The artist's intention may be to explore themes of balance, tension, and the interplay between the natural and man-made realms, inviting the viewer to engage with the artwork's conceptual layers. ...
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. ...
