29.10.2020 – 04.12.2020 Cape Town For Solace, Southern Guild invited its artists to create a stand-alone work inspired by this unprecedented period in our history or to contemplate a new beginning or direction for a body of work. All the pieces in this show have been made during lockdown, sometimes under difficult or restricted circumstances…
What is it about bronze we prize so much? Perhaps it is the medium’s durability or the intriguing alchemy of its creation. Maybe it is the inherent contradiction of a material that possesses such tremendous tensile strength, yet lends itself quite seamlessly and beautifully to capturing the most expressive of gestures and minute details. Whatever…
Southern Guild opens its new flagship venue at the V&A Waterfront Silo District in Cape Town with its inaugural exhibition celebrating the most lauded local design heroes. The group show, titled Stellar, exhibits work by 23 South African heavyweights alongside work by Cheick Diallo from Mali and Hamed Ouattara from Burkina Faso, with both globally recognised and never-before-seen pieces. The…
Southern Guild is hosting an exploration of work by South African designers who have found inspiration in nature for the pieces they produce. 6pm – 9pm on Thursday 3 November (during First Thursdays) Natural Selection includes work by: Adam Birch Atang Tshikare & Art in the ForestBabacar Niang Bronze AgeChuma Maweni David KrynauwDenny Mo Driaan…
Graphica introduces some collectible design pieces not yet seen in South Africa, despite having been exhibited by Southern Guild at international fairs such as Design Miami in both Basel and Miami, and Design Days Dubai. ‘Graphica is a visual feast of dynamic silhouettes and exquisite surface detailing,’ explains Southern Guild founder Trevyn McGowan. A Wiid Design…
For 21st-century designers, visibility isn’t just a virtue, it’s part and parcel of a successful career in an interconnected world, where product launches and visual inspiration are found and shared with the click of a button. Creativity is a difficult professional endeavor to tackle, which is why our annual Young Guns feature is both a…
For Design/Miami2015, Southern Guild aims to convey the multi-faceted nature of South African design, which is layered with story telling, political allusion, historical and cultural references and a drawing down into primal and earth-bound essence. These impulses are expressed through sculptural and graphic forms that seem somehow familiar and yet strange. Participating designers: Andile Dyalvane, Bronze Age, Cameron…
This young creative, Driaan Claasen, has captured our imaginations with his sculptured, other-worldly bronze and wooden object inspired by the power and designs observed in nature. http://1of1privatecollection.co.za/meet-the-makers/