- Source: Adriaan Diedericks
Adriaan Hermanus Diedericks (born 1 November 1990, Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African artist. He is known. for his contemporary bronze sculptures.
Career
After graduating with a fine arts degree from Stellenbosch University in 2012, he apprenticed with Lionel Smit from 2013 to 2014. Diedericks was a SASOL New Signatures Finalist in 2010 and 2014 and a PPC YCSA Finalist in 2013. In 2014, Diedericks was invited to take part in Art Fair Strasbourg and Cologne.
He has been featured in numerous publications including SA Art Times, Top Billing, Effe O' Arte, Visi, Die Burger, Country Life, Ubi Bene and SLOW Magazine.
Diedericks opened a bronze casting foundry in 2016 in Strand, South Africa.
In 2017, Diedericks attended the 4th International Artist Symposium along with 9 other artists from around the world at Museum Villa Böhm in Germany where he worked with sandstone for the first time.
Diedericks placed large public sculptures in Stellenbosch, Hermanus, Franschhoek and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Style
Diedericks' work reflects the sculptural forms of Ancient Greece, with contemporary refinement. Drawing on Classical, African and European mythology, Diedericks incorporates imagery of men, horses and ships. Many of his works are inspired by Michel Foucault's Theory of Power and the dialectic of Hegel's master and servant.
Selected exhibitions
= 2018
=Cape Town Art Fair, L99P Gallery, Cape Town
= 2017
=Perceptive Resonance, Solo Exhibition, Art in the Yard Gallery
Christened Ships, L99p Gallery. Cape Town.
Cape Town Art Fair, L99P Gallery, Cape Town
= 2016
=Travelling Body, Solo Exhibition, Rust and Vrede Gallery, Cape Town
Turbine Art Fair, Lizamore & Associates
= 2015
=Seraph, Solo Exhibition, Jan Royce Gallery, Cape Town
Binne Buiteland. Gallery on Leviseur, Bloemfontein
As is, so was, Solo Exhibition, Grande Provence, Franschhoek
= 2014
=ST-ART, Strasbourg Art Fair, L'Art Industriel, Strasbourg
Art Cologne, L'Art Industriel, Cologne
Selected collections
Ellerman Contemporary
Quoin Rock Wine Estate
Cavalli Wine & Stud Estate
Holbar AG Liechtenstein
PPC Private Collection
Modern Art Projects Collection, Richmond
Association of Arts Pretoria
MXIT Private Collection
Bartinney Wine Estate