Adriaan Hermanus Diedericks (born 1 November 1990, Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African artist. He is known for his contemporary bronze sculptures. [1] [2]
After graduating with a fine arts degree from Stellenbosch University in 2012, he apprenticed with Lionel Smit from 2013 to 2014. [1] [3] Diedericks was a SASOL New Signatures Finalist in 2010 and 2014 [4] and a PPC YCSA Finalist in 2013. [3] [5] In 2014, Diedericks was invited to take part in Art Fair Strasbourg and Cologne. [6] [7]
He has appeared in Top Billing, [8] Effe O' Arte, [3] Visi, [9] Country Life, [10] Ubi Bene [11] and SLOW Magazine. [12] Diedericks opened a bronze casting foundry in 2016 in Strand, South Africa. [13] 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. [2] [11] Diedericks placed large public sculptures in Stellenbosch, [9] [14] Hermanus, [10] Franschhoek and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. [15]
Diedericks' work has been compared to ancient Greek sculptures. It also references on Classical, African and European mythology with imagery of men, horses and ships. [16] Many of his works are inspired by Michel Foucault's Theory of Power [17] and the dialectic of Hegel's master and servant. [3]