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
Painter and illustrator Kirsten Sims is a master of gentle parody, using idiosyncratic characters, gestural brushstrokes, enticing colour combinations and irresistible humour to draw in the viewer to consider subjects that hide – however subtly – beneath the surface. Portraying narrative scenes both fanciful and familiar, her work explores the literal
2024 is in full swing, and we’re excited to have an exceptional line-up of artists in the studio this year, including Kirsten Sims, Gerhard Human and Marna Hattingh. And first up is Aviwe Plaatjie, with his new screen print just off the drying racks and now ready for release. This artwork,
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
Wim Legrand is back with his brand of magic – a wonderful new screen print that promises to spark equal parts joy and mild concern. Legrand’s world is populated by the stuff of strange, sweet dreams. By familiar, forgettable objects in varying states of predicament and vitality. Lifeless unicorns, fabricated flowers,
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
This year, we have an exceptional line-up of artists in the studio. And who better to kick things off than Alexia Vogel, one of our very first collaborators. Both of her previous 50ty/50ty screen prints sold out fast (unsurprisingly), but fortunately for her many fans, she’s been working her magic
We’ve had the wonderful Elsabé Milandri back in the studio, working on two new screen print collaborations that have come out beautifully and are ready to fly off the drying racks and into your homes. This studio session was something like a reunion, as Milandri was one of the first artists
Our latest screen print is the result of a collaboration with a collaboration: the Magolide Collective – a young, dynamic duo who work, and rework, their way through the weighted layers of history. Inundated with centuries of multiple narratives as well as today’s information overwhelm, these artists endeavour to remake subject
We were thrilled to have acclaimed artist Gerhard Marx back in the studio recently. Drawing, sculpture, and performance are the chief mediums of his practice, but a couple of years ago, he began exploring printmaking as an avenue through which to investigate his subjects - thematic concerns that fall under an