Igshaan Adams Kicking Dust curator tour with Tarini Malik

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Hayward Gallery curator Tarini Malik introduces the exhibition Kicking Dust by Igshaan Adams; the South African artist’s first UK solo show. • Adams' cross-disciplinary practice combines aspects of weaving, sculpture and installation whilst exploring concerns related to race, religion and sexuality. • Drawing on the material and formal iconographies of Islam, his intricate textile works also reference the socio-political histories of creole communities. • The exhibition takes the form of a single immersive environment. It consists largely of new works that have been produced for the occasion. • Each work, and the exhibition as a whole, is composed of multiple patterns. These explore the potential of woven material to reflect the multiplicities of Adams’ own identity and of broader cultural interchange. • Throughout the exhibition, Adams builds on this sense of movement and journeying. Visitors encounter pathways through the gallery created by the placement of weavings on the floor. • The pathways resemble tectonic forms, like the nature of the weave itself. They evoke ‘desire lines’, paths that pedestrians take intuitively rather than following set routes. • For Adams, desire paths are human traces in a terrain that represent both freedom and transgression. This sense of ‘desire’ comes across strongly in Adams’ practice as he seeks to liberate himself from homogenous constructs of identity. • Subscribe for the latest videos from Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room + more: http://bit.ly/SBCsubscribe • • Follow us on Twitter: / southbankcentre • on Instagram: / southbankcentre • and Facebook: / southbankcentre

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