Kylie Wentzel / Latest release
Our latest release comes from the inspired hands of Kylie Wentzel – a fast-emerging artist with four solos to her name since graduating just nine years ago. We’ve been privileged to work with her since 2020 and to witness the exciting developments within her practice, one of which is a shift
Continuing a central theme in Gerhard Human’s work, Punks in the Gym posits layers of questions rather than certain answers. Just what are we seeing in this original screen print? A booze-fuelled brawl – or ritual combat? Anti-establishment anarchy – or nihilistic disaffection? The necessity of violence for revolution – or the
The young and remarkable Balekane Legoabe recently joined us for a fruitful residency at the 50ty/50ty studio. Involving five days of hard work, sharing ideas and skills, and serendipitous moments and encounters, the residency offered just the kind of collaborative environment we love, and the results – our latest release
We’ve been fortunate to work with screenprint veteran Anton Kannemeyer on a number of tree portraits, starting with his striking studies of weather-beaten stone pines and dead oaks – alien and deformed yet impressive, singular shapes within the landscape. These alien specimens hold both a personal and political interest for the artist, but his fascination with trees extends
Up-and-coming artist Kylie Wentzel is continuing her steady rise within the art world. In less than eight years since graduating, she has held two solos and a duo exhibition, participated in notable group shows and art fairs in South Africa and France, and been awarded a residency in Angola. And
We’ve been fortunate to work with Nina Torr on a number of screen prints, with her Meet-in-the-making artwork one of the first in our sketchbook inspired project, and our 2016 collaboration titled "Keep me there" a firm favourite with art buyers. The sophisticated line rendering that characterises her work makes for
In this Special Project, Nelo Teixeira’s sketchbook was our source of inspiration – and also functioned as the common language between us and the Portuguese-speaking artist. This most remote of collaborations – across countries and language barriers – was paradoxically intimate, dynamic and exciting, afforded by the immediacy of his sketches,
From the signature strokes of Michael Taylor’s pencil, comes a very special Special Project indeed: “The Onlookers” – a gorgeous, massive, two-colour screen print edition of just five prints. This 50ty/50ty artwork has its origins in the pages of Taylor’s sketchbook, as an A5 pencil drawing. We were keen to see
It’s always a privilege to collaborate with a screen print veteran, especially when said veteran is exploring new creative ground.
Colijn Strydom shares the thinking behind his latest endeavour, the Bacchae Project, a.k.a. “Beauty Terror Pentheus”: In the Bacchae Project, I produce room-sized installations that consist of a mass of ceramics, drawings, paintings, performance and photography, using Euripides’ The Bacchae as the departure point for an exploration of themes of gender