Casey Kaplan

Desire Lines

IGSHAAN ADAMS

Published on the occasion of the artist's 2022 solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, Igshaan Adams: Desire Lines presents an early-career survey of the work of Cape Town-based artist, 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.

Texts by Lynne Cooke, Isaac Facio, Hendrik Folkerts, Josh Ginsburg, Imam Muhsin Hendricks, Eusebius McKaiser, Kathryn Smith, and Arnisa Zeqo, as well as two poems by Ocean Vuong.
Softcover, 109 pages.
ISBN: 9780300263855

2022
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