Igshaan Adams: Weerhoud at The Hepworth Wakefield

‘For this show, what I’ve decided to do is to look at earlier works… recognising that over time I have deliberately gone through this process of refinement.’ Igshaan Adams
This June, The Hepworth Wakefield will open a solo exhibition by South African artist Igshaan Adams. Entitled Weerhoud, meaning ‘Withheld’ in Afrikaans, the exhibition examines the impact of lived experiences and traumas on the human psyche, with a particular emphasis on the healing potential of movement.
Earlier this year, exhibition curator Marie-Charlotte Carrier visited Adams in his Cape Town-based studio as he prepared for the exhibition. In this short film, Adams talks about his collaboration with the Garage Dance Ensemble, a dance group based in O’okiep within South Africa’s Northern Cape Province. As part of a series of workshops, the dancers are encouraged to intuitively interact with a large canvas covered in wet paint, leaving behind traces, and creating abstract paint marks with their bodies. The resulting ‘paintings’ serve as inspiration for the tapestries Adams creates in his studio.
Igshaan Adams: Weerhoud
Sat 22 June - Sun 3 Nov 2024
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Major exhibition supporters A4, Thomas Dane Gallery
Exhibition supporters Blank Projects, Casey Kaplan Gallery, Mercedes Vilardell and The Igshaan Adams Exhibition Circle. Film by Butterfly Films, Cape Town. Additional footage courtesy of Lindsey Appolis.
This project was enabled by a Curatorial Research Grant from Art Fund
All artworks © Igshaan Adams