Igshaan Adams: Weerhoud at the Hepworth Wakefield
Maja Lorkowska, Exhibitions EditorSculptural textiles rooted in the complexities of identity are the focus of South African artist Igshaan Adams’s exhibition Weerhoud at the Hepworth Wakefield this summer. The solo exhibition showcases the artist’s large-scale woven and installation works, and examine the impact of lived experiences and traumas on the human psyche, with a particular emphasis on the healing potential of movement.
Through appealing, sensorial textures and a richness of the materials used, the artist draws on his own experiences of faith, sexuality and growing up under apartheid’s racial classification system. For the show, the artist presents three brand new commissions, including two tapestries and one of his largest immersive ‘cloud’ installations to date. These will appear alongside previous works, presenting a cross section of the artist’s practice over the years.