{"title":"Selwyn Steyn","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelwyn draws\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewhat he is drawn to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelwyn builds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e on his architectural training for his artistic articulations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e a body of documentarian snapshots of buildings at a moment in time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and breaks and experiments and learns with different materials, and loves being covered in paint, sawdust, concrete splats…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelwyn investigates \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e the way \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ebuilt environments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e hold meaning, and the way that meaning fluctuates over time.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e how \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ebuilt environments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e serve as a latent register of the past when more impermanent artifacts have been relegated or destroyed.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e the way space and light evoke emotion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelwyn says\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e that “painting is a primordial practice that seems more part of being human than almost anything else.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e that “art is deployed best as a series of uncertain ruminations rather than directly stated propositions.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e that “a coat of workshop filth is the proudest uniform.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelwyn has\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Bachelor’s degrees in architecture from the University of Pretoria, and a Master’s degree in architecture from the University of Cape Town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e participated in more than a dozen group exhibitions throughout South Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e produced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emany public projects across South Africa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e won several awards for design, art and digital media.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Selwyn Steyn CV\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/9403\/2286\/files\/Selwyn_Steyn_CV.pdf?v=1770884814\"\u003eDownload full CV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e •\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/860088580?badge=0\u0026amp;autopause=0\u0026amp;player_id=0\u0026amp;app_id=58479\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Studies from the In-between by Selwyn Steyn\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"municipal-buildings","title":"Municipal Buildings","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"In this painting I selected a composition in which the building is obscured, partially covered by foliage. These types of spaces are typically read as “infrastructural” and hence ignorable – hardly breaching the membrane of conscious attention. Yet these types of schemes are deeply part of our lived consciousness, even if mostly ignored. It was my intention to capture something of that essence of ignored space in this painting.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\"\u003eSelwyn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on Linen \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e120 x  175 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFramed in Cardboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePhoto: Mia Thom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Selwyn Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42654233428126,"sku":"","price":35000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/9403\/2286\/files\/blank1600w_133bb0ca-ec97-4597-be1f-994b058ef15b.jpg?v=1689348292"},{"product_id":"universal-facebrick","title":"Universal Facebrick","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“I am curious about the way inert matter (buildings) holds meaning, and the way that meaning fluctuates over time. Of particular interest to me are spaces that are often pushed to the side because of their infrastructural and mundane nature.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\"\u003eSelwyn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e36 x 25 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFramed in Cardboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePhoto by Mia Thom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Selwyn Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744314691742,"sku":"","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/9403\/2286\/files\/blank1600w_dbb90f7d-6043-4a4a-9f46-bb4ca600c1e6.jpg?v=1694777923"},{"product_id":"strelizias-up-close","title":"Strelizia's (up close)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Painting is a primordial practice that seems more part of being human than almost anything else.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\"\u003eSelwyn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on Linen \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e36 x  25 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFramed in Cardboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePhoto by Mia Thom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Selwyn Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744317477022,"sku":"","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/9403\/2286\/files\/blank1600w_f5bb4ff3-ce8c-4fcf-8535-c5f1e4e638ad.jpg?v=1694778094"},{"product_id":"stairs-metro-building-braamfontein","title":"Stairs, Metro Building, Braamfontein","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"My response is to reflect on the gold mounds that leave yellow dust, and the yellow dust that gives the air a warmth and a bite. The same dust finds its way into sand, and the sand is used to build with (perhaps mixed into concrete). In some ways the settled dust permeates into the materiality of the built environment. The \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewarm winter light in Johannesburg bleaches built surfaces. And South Africa’s midday sun renders everything like an overexposed photograph.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\"\u003eSelwyn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on Linen \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e120 x  84 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFramed in Cardboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePhoto: Mia Thom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Selwyn Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744327995550,"sku":"","price":35000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/9403\/2286\/files\/blank1600w_152a8523-1fd2-4cf2-b096-1aa854033937.jpg?v=1694778907"},{"product_id":"reflections","title":"Reflections","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAtmosphere and liminality defines work that provides no stance or judgment. These are documentarian and perspectival. Primary and immediate and devoid of clear proposition. These paintings are about spatial navigation and mapping and register. Pink's and grays create startling familiarity and evokes that which is perceptively shared\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\"\u003eSelwyn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on Linen \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e36 x  25 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFramed in Cardboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePhoto: Mia Thom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Selwyn Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744330780830,"sku":"","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/9403\/2286\/files\/blank1600w_593873ac-c524-4dbe-be20-550877639fa4.jpg?v=1694779249"},{"product_id":"space-frame-linder-auditorium","title":"Space Frame (Linder Auditorium)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis body of work is about Gauteng, and perception and atmosphere and the built environment and a bunch of other things as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe light in Gauteng is of a particular quality. Something between gold (like that which is extracted) and yellow (like the extraction’s detritus). Something between aurum and uranium. Treasure and toxicity. This is particularly so of the winter light, which is a potpourri of dust and carbon and altitude and veld and gold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/untitledart.co.za\/collections\/selwyn-steyn\"\u003eSelwyn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOil on Linen \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e60 x  42 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFramed in Cardboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePhoto: Mia Thom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Selwyn Steyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744332943518,"sku":"","price":16000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/9403\/2286\/files\/blank1600w_7d8795c0-63d4-43e2-9181-7e440176a92b.jpg?v=1694779491"},{"product_id":"looking-out-from-reservoir-warm-day-midday","title":"Looking out from Reservoir (Warm day, midday)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelwyn was hugely inspired by Claude Monet’s Rouen Cathedral series in which he repainted the same facade forty times during different seasons, different weather conditions and at different times of day. The subject matter is cropped and obtuse, making it clear that it was stripped of all symbolic and contextual meaning in favour of just being a surface allowing for the study of light. For this exhibition Selwyn hoped to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eemulate the essence of this act in a way which was specific \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto this particular show in the RESERVOIR space in Cape Town. But being based in France it was impossible for him to create plein air paintings on site. He enlisted RESERVOIR director, Shona van der Merwe for help, to use three point and shoot disposable cameras to document the same corner in the RESERVOIR space on different occasions. The artworks were inspired by Brian Eno and the ambient music movement’s attempts to create music that is akin to atmosphere quality. The resulting paintings aim to register the vast array of changes in atmospheric quality with the subtlety of Eno and the process of Monet. 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