This week, we turn our Artist Focus spotlight on the exceptional Aaron Philander (b. 2002), a South African sculptor whose work centres on themes of identity, memory, domestic life, and intergenerational labour. Drawing deeply on his coloured heritage, Philander explores the complexities of a society that has long imposed narrow belonging in often conflicting identity categories. His sculptural practice is rooted in the use of inherited and found materials, such as rusted too