BRETT CHARLES SEILER
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, A Poem
Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 22.5 cm
Showing for the first time at Everard Read London is Brett Seiler, following his successful exhibition with Everard Read Cape Town in early 2021. With his trademark use of roof paint and bitumen and hand-made wooden frames, Seiler ‘s work wrestles with notions of masculinity, home and loss. His work reads as a personal diary of sorts – intimate moments and memories of a life, seen here as scribbled notes and painted snapshots.
Contact: info@everardlondon.com
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Cold bath
100 x 100 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Diver
120 x 100 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Diver II
130 x 119.5 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Fabio Resting on Callum's Chest (Diptych)
bitumen and roof paint on canvas, 62 x 42 x 9 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, I Kiss Jan, from Disposable Camera
engraving on painted wood, 43.5 x 30.5 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Jan and Willem in the Lounge, from Disposable Camera
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 36.5 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Jeremy with a Suitcase, I Hate Fucking Packing
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 33.5 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Kiss
Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 54 cm
Showing for the first time at Everard Read London is Brett Seiler, following his successful exhibition with Everard Read Cape Town in early 2021. With his trademark use of roof paint and bitumen and hand-made wooden frames, Seiler ‘s work wrestles with notions of masculinity, home and loss. His work reads as a personal diary of sorts – intimate moments and memories of a life, seen here as scribbled notes and painted snapshots.
Contact: info@everardlondon.com
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Late night swim
130 x 100 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Living Room
180 x 160 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Living with Myself
180 x 160 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Luke, Warm
100 x 100 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Meg
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 29 cm
Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style. In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised.
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Nap
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 29 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Nicholas Likes to Skate
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 26 cm
Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style. In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised.
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Portrait 32
49.5 x 39 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Portrait 33
39 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Portrait 34
49.5 x 39 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Portrait 35
49.5 x 39 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Regarding Bell Hooks
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 52 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Ryan Looks to the Side
engraving on painted wood, 57 x 30.5 cm
Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style. In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised.
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Ryan on Chair
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 35 cm
Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style. In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised.
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Shepherd
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 25.5 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Study of Greg and Noah
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 30 cm
"Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style.
In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised."
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, That sinking feeling
120 x 100 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, There Were Flowers Being Held Here
Oil on canvas, 130 x 167 cm
Showing for the first time at Everard Read London is Brett Seiler, following his successful exhibition with Everard Read Cape Town in early 2021. With his trademark use of roof paint and bitumen and hand-made wooden frames, Seiler ‘s work wrestles with notions of masculinity, home and loss. His work reads as a personal diary of sorts – intimate moments and memories of a life, seen here as scribbled notes and painted snapshots.
Contact: info@everardlondon.com
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Waiting for the world to end
100 x 120 cm
BRETT CHARLES SEILER, Willem, Again
engraving on painted wood, 30.5 x 22.5 cm
Through his paintings, Brett Charles Seiler creates an interior world which wavers between desire and anxiety. He explores the male body, domestic space, poetry, Queer history, Biblical symbolism, love and alienation, as well as the possibilities of painting as a medium. His experimentation with material, colour, and line has culminated in a unique and carefully honed style. In his search for materials which are both evocative and easily accessible, Seiler’s early paintings included found objects such as old black-and-white photographs and fabric. Though these objects have mostly been stripped away from his most recent paintings, they have been absorbed as visual strategy. The photographs are present in the snapshot-like, narrative atmosphere of the depicted scenes, and in the colour palette and tones. The interest in fabric can be seen in his treatment of the canvas as an important part of the finished work. The rawness of the surface and the sketched quality of the lines add to the feeling that we are witnessing a brief, urgent moment in time which has passed but been memorialised.
– Khanya Mashabela, writer, curator and artist
Seiler graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. In addition to his solo exhibitions, Seiler has been included in various group exhibitions and fairs, including a performance piece with Luvuyo Nyawose titled ‘Reading Homophobia’ (2017) at the A4 Arts Foundation in Cape Town, curated by Kemang Wa Lehulere and Zipho Dayile, and the Cologne Art Fair with Galerie Eigen + Art in 2021.
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