Adriaan Diedericks


Adriaan Hermanus Diedericks 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 2013-2014. 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 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