Brett Charles Seiler

Brett Charles Seiler lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, where he also graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. Seiler's work has elements of painting, installation, and object art, with a strong emphasis on the use of text and language. Sometimes poetic, nostalgic, or romantic, it is an integral part of his art or stands on its own as a piece as well. In his paintings, the space is indeterminate, the figures are not located and sketchily fleeting, the writing elements seem spontaneous like statements from street art. The colour scheme moves in a narrow spectrum between black, grey, white and brown tones, often using wood. His themes are sexual interaction, oppression, homosexuality, gender, men. Originally from Zimbabwe, a state where human rights violations are commonplace, his work also makes a mark in the struggle for equal sexual orientation in education, media, and institutions. "[My work] is a deep longing for understanding. It is from the point of view of something that I've missed, something that I cannot go back to. It's a process of research." Text in English and German. AUTHOR: Charles Brett Seiler was born in 1994 in Zimbabwe. He lives and works in Cape Town. After graduating from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015, he participated in various group exhibitions in galleries in Cape Town, New York, London and most recently at Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin. In his hometown Cape Town there have been three solo exhibitions of his so far. SELLING POINTS: . A special, high quality art book on provocative young art that stands out and polarises . Versatile, poetic and touching 100 colour illustrations

About the Author :
Brett Charles Seiler was born in Zimbabwe in 1994. Today he lives and works in Cape Town. After graduating from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015, he showed works in various group exhibitions in art rooms, institutions and galleries in Cape Town, Johannesburg, New York, London, Leipzig and Berlin. His chosen hometown of Cape Town has hosted four solo exhibitions of his work to date. In January 2023 his first solo exhibition in Germany will take place in Berlin.

Review :
"A collection of Seiler’s most notable works, the artist’s latest offering continues his exploration of equality and LGBTQA+ rights. Drawing from the experiences in his own state, a place where human rights violations are the norm, Seiler’s provocative work aims to spotlight the struggles that his community face across the globe." - HypeBae "A collection of Seiler’s most notable works, the artist’s latest offering continues his exploration of equality and LGBTQA+ rights." - Hypebae