Blog Feed - Justin Southey

Reveal

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 22:10:00 GMT

I have recently been working on a few layered paper paintings which although I would still regard them as paintings, they have a very sculptural feel, which is really interesting to me.

Let me know what you think?

Work in progress

Pretty much there...

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:58:00 GMT

work in progress

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:34:00 GMT

Recently started working on this what do you think?

Wine Label

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 22:19:00 GMT

I made this for some friends who were contemplating a new range of wines and although this may not go to print anytime soon as their plans have changed, but I think it's a pretty hot wine label don't you?

One day soon

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:30:00 GMT

I've had this idea and ( have half made the work) for about a year and every time I try to take it out my wife comments on the bloody bag of bits hopefully oneday soon I will emerge with a masterpiece... so stay tuned, although this may go back onto the backburner.

Wild and Untamed

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:37:00 GMT

Just adding the final touches to this wild painting (1300mmx 1300mm). Not quite my usual palette, but I am just loving the colour and vibrancy of the work so far

I decided to go on a framing spree...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:18:00 GMT

I recently decided to go on a framing spree on some of my paper works and I am so glad I did, as the works came beautifully. Excuse the poor image quality.

Work in Progress 2021

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 08:48:00 GMT

It seems a bit odd, starting off works from the previous year, but here we go. Drawing colour inspiration from our time spent on the farm in the Karoo, I think they are starting to get there.

Work in Progress

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:58:00 GMT

Sneak preview of some new stitched paper works that I've been working on, so excited to get them stitched up so that I can finish them off.

TINY 2020

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 21:25:00 GMT

ONLINE EXHIBITION OPENING | TINY2020
21 July - 9 September 2020

In a world obsessed with growth, largely fuelled by the tenets of Western capitalism where “bigger is better” - we had forgotten the importance of the small, the tiny.

Everard Read is delighted to present TINY2020, an online group exhibition with over 50 participating artists who have created diminutive gems; extraordinary works that are no larger than your average cereal box. The curatorial shift toward the diminutive is not the first of its kind - but it is a historical moment for the Everard Read gallery in Johannesburg which, as an institution, has championed the production of monumental sculpture by contemporary South African artists.

This much-anticipated show comprises of works by artists spanning an expansive range of genres, mediums and concepts. Their vastly different practices are brought together by their size alone, allowing a complex network of tiny narratives to emerge instead of a grand curatorial statement. Whilst none of the artists on TINY2020 usually produce work in the scale of miniature, they have accepted the challenge to adapt the way they traditionally work; the way they move their hand across the surface, the malleability of their medium, the modifications necessary to translate their concept into a smaller scale. The results are exquisite, fascinating, humorous, and tiny.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE

Angus Taylor, Barbara Wildenboer, Beezy Bailey, Beth Diane Armstrong, Blessing Ngobeni,
Brett Murray, Bronwen Findlay, Bronwyn Lace, Caryn Scrimgeour, Chonat Getz,
Colbert Mashile, Daniel Naude, Deborah Bell, Dylan Lewis, Fred Clarke, Gary Stephens,
Guy du Toit, Heather Gourlay-Conyngham, Jane Eppel, Johan Stegmann, Jordan Sweke,
Justin Southey, Keneilwe Mokoena, Kilmany-Jo Liversage, Lady Skollie, Leigh Voigt,
Liberty Battson, Lionel Smit, Liza Grobler, Lucinda Mudge, Lyndi Sales, Matthew Hindley,
Michael MacGarry, Nandipha Mntambo, Neill Wright, Nelson Makamo, Nic Bladen,
Nicola Taylor, Norman Catherine, Paula Louw, Pauline Gutter, Penelope Stutterheime,
Philippe Uzac, Phillemon Hlungwani, Rebecca Haysom, Richard Penn, Ricky Burnett,
Rina Stutzer, Sanell Aggenbach, Setlamorago Mashilo , Tamlin Blake, Walter Voigt,
Wayne Barker, Wilma Cruise.

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:55:00 GMT

SOLO

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 23:50:00 GMT

The colour purple

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:44:00 GMT

Not one of the more common colours that I use, but in this case it is such a great combination with the gold. Although this is still a work in progress,I think I am pretty much there.

Work in progress

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:33:00 GMT

A rather wild mixed media work that I am currently working on. The next step is for me to try to bribe my mother in law to sew it all together and then for me to further re-integrate the panels. All in all I'm quite excited about this piece

Work in progress

Geometric

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:21:00 GMT

This innocent little water colour seemed to run into a bit of geometry. Red was a bit of a bold move, but I love the way it came out

In The Forests of The Night

Sun, 01 Jul 2018 17:23:00 GMT

Summer

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:48:00 GMT

Bathyal

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:50:00 GMT

Blog Feed - Justin Southey

Reveal

Pretty much there...

work in progress

Wine Label

One day soon

Wild and Untamed

I decided to go on a framing spree...

Work in Progress 2021

Work in Progress

TINY 2020

ONLINE EXHIBITION OPENING | TINY2020 21 July - 9 September 2020

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

SOLO

The colour purple

Work in progress

Geometric

In The Forests of The Night

Summer

Bathyal

ONLINE EXHIBITION OPENING | TINY2020
21 July - 9 September 2020