If an encounter with an object is an encounter of presence, then the idea of distance would in some way propose an opposite encounter, an encounter with absence. Of course, there is an emotional root to an encounter with distance; distance is an open space for longing, an architecture for
Louis de Villiers is back (with blue) in the studio. He continues to explore the cultural codes of our social, consumerist landscape – a landscape where brands and personal style communicate philosophical affiliation and social status. But, while once known for his limited colour palette of black, white and gold,
As August is Women’s Month in South Africa, we’d like to showcase some of our latest releases by women artists. This didn’t require any particular effort; coincidentally, collaborations with women have dominated the studio recently, albeit in a virtual sense. While we miss the in-person, in-studio conversations, lockdown necessitated new approaches
Well, we’re halfway through 2020 and discovering all sorts of ways to navigate this strange, new terrain. The studio has been as busy as ever with our virtual collaborations, and we’re even participating in an online art fair. Meet-in-the-making | Breaking the rules with Alexia Vogel We’re pleased to release a new
Have we got news for you. This week, we release two extra-special edition screen prints by those masters of the medium: Conrad Botes and Anton Kannemeyer. But that’s not all. These large-scale, limited editions of 25 were created as the covers for the latest edition of Bitterkomix, with the release of
Our Meet-in-the-making project is coming along nicely, and we now have four of these single-colour screen prints out in the world. Interestingly, there seems to be a dominant theme surfacing – across the works of very different artists with very different styles. It’s the common thread of the natural world
We’re back in the studio, but doing collaborations a little differently these days. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been hard at work setting up a socially distant system for working with artists to develop original screen prints. Without the in-studio exchange, new types of conversations, both verbal and visual,
This one-of-a-kind project was born during the national lockdown of 2020, in a bid to keep alive the essential activities of artmaking, connecting and creative collaboration. We asked some of our favourite artist collaborators to share a line drawing with the 50ty/50ty community, in service of one of our grandest collaborations
With lockdown extended, we’re really pleased that so many of our artist collaborators have jumped on board the Meet-in-the-making project. Their contributions have been top-notch and plentiful, which means that we’re able to release new downloads every week for your colouring pleasure. It also means that we’ve managed to raise R3900
We’re launching a very special project – #meetinthemaking – that we hope will answer some of the frustrations and challenges we’re now facing, while providing a way to buy, engage with and share art in a way we’ve never done before. This one-of-a-kind project was born during the national lockdown of