Research Catalog

Title

Igshaan Adams : desire lines / edited by Hendrik Folkerts ; with contributions by Igshaan Adams, Lynne Cooke, Isaac Facio, Hendrik Folkerts, Josh Ginsburg, Imam Muhsin Hendricks, Eusebius McKaiser, Kathryn Smith, Ocean Vuong, and Arnisa Zeqo.

Publication

• Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2022]
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Folkerts, Hendrik
• Cooke, Lynne
• Facio, Isaac
• Ginsburg, Joshua Lee, 1981-
• Hendricks, Muhsin
• McKaiser, Eusebius
• Smith, Kathryn
• Vuong, Ocean, 1988-
• Zeqo, Arnisa
• Adams, Igshaan, 1982-

Description

109 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm

Summary

"The book presents an early career survey of the work of Cape Town-based artist Igshaan Adams (born 1982), showcasing his multimedia practice since 2009. In addition to exploring recurring motifs in his work-Arabic calligraphy, the rose, the (self-)portrait, Sufi symbols, and pathways literal and metaphorical-the publication highlights some of Adams's material concerns, including his sculptural applications of weaving, his embrace of recycled materials related to black South African domesticity and interiority, and his use of the gallery wall and floor in installations. Hendrik Folkerts surveys the artist's recent work, addressing its engagement with presence, absence, and the trace. Adams himself offers a visual essay enabling readers to see details they would be imperceptible in a gallery setting. In shorter essays and poetic texts, the other authors focus on the South African historical and political context, specific artworks, and particular creative strategies, materialities, and narratives"--

Alternative Title

Desire lines

Subject

• Adams, Igshaan, 1982- > Exhibitions
• Mixed media sculpture > Exhibitions
• Multimedia (Art) > Exhibitions
• Performance art > Exhibitions
• Art, South African > Exhibitions
• Mixed media sculpture
• Multimedia (Art)
• Performance art
• Art, South African

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Accompanies exhibition held at The Art Institute of Chicago, April 2 - August 1, 2022.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Someday I'll love Ocean Vuong / Ocean Vuong -- Foreword / James Rondeau -- Acknowledgments / Hendrik Folkerts -- A world, revealed / Hendrik Folkerts -- Aesthetic and epistemic justice for Bonteheuwel's people / Eusebius McKaiser -- Marking time / Lynne Cooke -- Desire lines / Igshaan Adams -- Anatomy of memory: the materiality and structure of Igshaan Adams's Upheaved / Isaac Facio -- Houding and holding space: the forensic as a liberatory lens in Igshaan Adams's work / Kathryn Smith -- What I was seeking was also seeking me / Imam Muhsin Hendricks -- Dogs and roses: a stage for seven acts / Arnisa Zeqo -- Go There, go elsewhere, disregard completely: a glossary / Josh Ginsburg -- Checklist of the exhibition -- Contributors -- Artist's acknowledgments / Igshaan Adams -- Torso of air / Ocean Vuong.

Call Number

JQG 22-852

ISBN

• 9780300263855
• 0300263856

LCCN

2021953524

OCLC

1295100764

Title

Igshaan Adams : desire lines / edited by Hendrik Folkerts ; with contributions by Igshaan Adams, Lynne Cooke, Isaac Facio, Hendrik Folkerts, Josh Ginsburg, Imam Muhsin Hendricks, Eusebius McKaiser, Kathryn Smith, Ocean Vuong, and Arnisa Zeqo.

Publisher

Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Folkerts, Hendrik, editor, contributor.

Cooke, Lynne, contributor.

Facio, Isaac, contributor.

Ginsburg, Joshua Lee, 1981- contributor.

Hendricks, Muhsin, contributor.

McKaiser, Eusebius, contributor.

Smith, Kathryn, contributor.

Vuong, Ocean, 1988- contributor.

Zeqo, Arnisa, contributor.

Adams, Igshaan, 1982- Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

JQG 22-852