cotton twine, polypropylene, polyester and cotton rope, cotton and silk fabric, mohair wool, wooden, plastic, glass, stone and cowry shell beads, gold and silver chain and tiger tail wireblank projects
Description
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This contemporary artwork features a visually striking composition of vibrant colors, intricate patterns, and diverse textures. The prominent use of hanging beaded strands and strings creates a captivating, layered effect that invites the viewer to explore the intricate details. The subject matter appears to be a blend of natural and abstract elements, evoking a sense of whimsy and mysticism. The distinctive technique and materials employed, such as the beadwork and fringe, suggest a strong emphasis on craftsmanship and cultural influences. This piece likely aims to explore themes of interconnectedness, cultural identity, and the interplay between the natural and the ethereal. ...
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. ...
Based in a 360 sqm gallery in Woodstock, Cape Town, blank was founded by Jonathan Garnham as a project space in 2005 and transitioned into a commercial gallery during 2012. The gallery represents emerging and increasingly established artists from the region in a critically engaged programme that emphasises contemporaneity, with a focus on concept and abstraction in the African context. With an exhibition programme that has a reputation for shaping the discourse around contemporary art in South(ern) Africa, and participation in prominent local and international art fairs, we seek to place our artists' work in a wide range of private and institutional collections. In addition, blank continues to promote the visual arts in our community through ongoing projects that support the sector. ...
