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Igshaan Adams
b. 1982
lives and works in Cape Town,
South Africa

    selected works
    biography
    texts
selected exhibitions:
    skarrelbaan
    stukkinne stories   
    Al Latîf
    Oorskot
    Parda
    Have you seen Him?
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Igshaan Adams, Bonteheuwel / Epping (2021) | Wood, painted wood, plastic, bone, stone and glass beads, seashells, polyester and nylon rope, cotton rope, link chain, wire (memory and galvanised steel) and cotton twine. 1170 x 325 x 495cm Igshaan Adams, Bonteheuwel / Epping (2021) | Wood, painted wood, plastic, bone, stone and glass beads, seashells, polyester and nylon rope, cotton rope, link chain, wire (memory and galvanised steel) and cotton twine. 1170 x 325 x 495cm


Installation view, Igshaan Adams: Desire Lines April 2-August 1, 2022, The Art Institute of Chicago Installation view, Igshaan Adams: Desire Lines, April 2-August 1, 2022, The Art Institute of Chicago Installation view, Igshaan Adams: Desire Lines, April 2-August 1, 2022, The Art Institute of Chicago


Igshaan Adams. Heideveld (2021) | Wood, painted wood, plastic, glass, stone, precious stone, metal, and bone beads, shells, nylon and polyester rope, cotton fabric, wire and cotton twine, 240 x 360 Igshaan Adams. Heideveld (2021) | Wood, painted wood, plastic, glass, stone, precious stone, metal, and bone beads, shells, nylon and polyester rope, cotton fabric, wire and cotton twine. 240 x 360 Igshaan Adams. Heideveld (2021) | Wood, painted wood, plastic, glass, stone, precious stone, metal, and bone beads, shells, nylon and polyester rope, cotton fabric, wire and cotton twine. 240 x 360cm


Igshaan Adams. Kruispaid (2021) | Nylon rope, cotton, twine, beads, sea shells, stones, glass, wood, plastic and fabric. 270 x 190 cm Igshaan Adams. Kruispaid (2021) | Nylon rope, cotton, twine, beads, sea shells, stones, glass, wood, plastic and fabric. 270 x 190 cm


Installation view, Kicking Dust, 5 February – 22 May 2022, Kusthalle Zurich | photograph: Annik Wetter Igshaan Adams. Langa (2021) | Wood, painted wood, plastic, glass, stone and bone beads, polyester and nylon rope, cotton fabrics, chain, wire and cotton twine. 237 x 300 cm Igshaan Adams. Al-Muhyee (Giver of Life) (2020) | String, rope, fabric, and glass, wooden, bone and plastic beads. 246 x 270 cm Igshaan Adams. Govan-Mbeki Road, Khayelitsha (2020) | Plastic, wood and stone beads, shells, string and gold chain. 265 x 231 cm


Igshaan Adams. Tussen Die Kas En Die Voetend Van Haar Kooi. (Between Her Cuboard and the Foot end of Her Bed) (2021) | Nylon rope, cotton, twine, beads, shells, stones, glass, wood, plastic and fabric. 273 x 168 cm Igshaan Adams. Tussen Die Kas En Die Voetend Van Haar Kooi. (Between Her Cuboard and the Foot end of Her Bed) (2021) | Nylon rope, cotton, twine, beads, shells, stones, glass, wood, plastic and fabric. 273 x 168 cm


Igshaan Adams. Vanguard (2021) | Wood, painted wood, plastic, glass, stone and metal beads, seashells, polyester and nylon rope, ball chain, wire and cotton twine. 246 x 283 cm Igshaan Adams. Weiveld (ii) (2021) | Nylon rope, cotton, twine and beads. 250 x 280 cm Igshaan Adams, stukkinne stories (2020) | Installation view, blank projects, Cape Town


Igshaan Adams, Zulekha (2019) | Nylon rope, cotton, twine and beads, 280 x 300 cm


Igshaan Adams, Plate 2 from the series Neoscope (2014) | Found tablecloth, tassels, wire, sponge, beads, artificial flowers; 160 x 180 x 180 cm Igshaan Adams, Please Remember II (2013) | Performance by the artist and his father, whereby Adams' body is washed and wrapped by his father in the traditional Islamic process of preparing the dead for burial | Performance as part of the exhibition 'Three Abdullahs: A Geneaology of Resistance', curated by Justin Davy at the Centre for African Studies, Cape Town Igshaan Adams, 69 (2013) | String curtain, steel ring, prayer carpets, dowel rod, 238 x 135 x 138 cm Igshaan Adams, I am home (2013) | Round carpet, string curtain, wooden ring, wire, thread, silk roses, acrylic glue, dimensions variable (wooden ring 130 cm diameter)