Ishmael Randall Weeks Biography

Ishmael Randall Weeks' practice encompasses site-specific installations, sculpture and video to works on paper. In these works, issues of urbanization, transformation, regeneration, escape, collapse and nomadic existence have been predominant. While the work in the drawing studio serves as a means for a more intimate exploration of these issues, the foundation of his larger scale work lies in the alteration of found and recycled materials and environmental debris, often on site (including such source materials as books and printed matter, empty tins, old tires, bicycles, boat parts and building construction fragments) that are often altered to create sculptural objects and architectural spaces. These works take the visual form of functional objects while stripping them of their productivity to address notions of labor and utility, forcing an examination of our understanding of culturally specific forms while simultaneously exploiting and adapting their particular codes and associations.

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Tunic II (Yabni) by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Tunic II (Yabni), 2023 Grout 700, corrugated steel, books and pencils, brass
380 x 200 x 5 cm
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Biombo by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Biombo, 2020 Iron, mat, wood, glass, mirror
280 x 45 x 180 cm
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Código atemporal #47 by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Código atemporal #47, 2020 Cement, Grout 700, adobe, brick dust, soils, additives, wood, aluminum
40 x 32 x 10 cm
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Código atemporal #53 by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Código atemporal #53, 2020 Cement, Grout 700, adobe, brick dust, soils, additives, wood, aluminum
40 x 32 x 10 cm
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Código atemporal #55 by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Código atemporal #55, 2020 Cement, Grout 700, adobe, brick dust, soils, additives, wood, aluminum
40 x 32 x 10 cm
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Código atemporal #48 by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Código atemporal #48, 2020 Cement, Grout 700, adobe, brick dust, soils, additives, wood, aluminum
40 x 32 x 10 cm
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Código atempora #44 by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Código atempora #44, 2020 Cement, Grout 700, adobe, brick dust, soils, additives, wood, aluminium
40 x 32 x 10 cm
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Código atemporal #51 by Ishmael Randall Weeks contemporary artwork sculpture
Ishmael Randall Weeks Código atemporal #51, 2020 Cement, Grout 700, adobe, brick dust, soils, additives, wood, aluminum
40 x 32 x 10 cm
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