Adam Hisham Ismail

Adam Hisham Ismail (b.1980) is an Egyptian/Australian artist whose practice echoes the mechanics and broken narratives of dreams and the elastic nature of memory. Mediating an uneasy conversation where the familiar and the strange intersect, his work has been described as “an anticipation of sound and kinesis”.    

Using flagrant pageantry, animal archetypes and idiolectic mythology, Ismail creates a series of formal and conceptual conundrums which invite the audience to construct their own narratives. Recent projects have expanded his work into more ambitious areas of sculptural installation, both in terms of scope and scale: theatrical landscapes set in vivarium-like display cases. Composite set buildings influenced by these installations are the basis for an ongoing photographic series. The works are steeped in personal mythos and speak about the human condition at large, the power environment has on its inhabitants, and of the fugitive beauty of fear, desire, and survival within it.

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Exhibitions

Artworks

ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - There used to be two ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - There used to be two
$900
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - They fly apart like leaves ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - They fly apart like leaves
$900
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - This little light of mine ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - This little light of mine
$900
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Two hearts, four lungs, two pairs of pants ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Two hearts, four lungs, two pairs of pants
$900
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Y is a crooked letter ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Y is a crooked letter
$900
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - What all ghosts want ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - What all ghosts want
$500
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - An overdose of time ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - An overdose of time
$500
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Extra stellar debris ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Extra stellar debris
$500
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Keepers of the pretty purse Edn. 1/5 SOLD. Edns.2-5 available ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Keepers of the pretty purse Edn. 1/5 SOLD. Edns.2-5 available
$1,200
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Lend me your teeth ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Lend me your teeth
$500
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - The lunatics will not run this particular asylum, Edn. 1/5 SOLD, Edns. 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 5/5 available ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - The lunatics will not run this particular asylum, Edn. 1/5 SOLD, Edns. 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 5/5 available
$1,200
ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Trapped in a language ADAM HISHAM ISMAIL - Trapped in a language
$500

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