Joshua Searle
Lost in Colour
View the catalogue for Joshua’s recent exhibition “Lost in Colour” here
Joshua Searle is an Australian-Colombian artist whose practice delves into socio-cultural issues, diasporic identity, and the legacies of colonisation. Born in 1998 and raised on the Mornington Peninsula, he is a self-taught painter who employs a diverse range of mediums, including acrylic, oil stick, oil pastel, enamel, and spray paint on canvas.
Searle's work confronts issues while celebrating Black excellence and his Colombian heritage, employing figurative repetitive figures to adapt meaning within diverse contexts . His practice frequently employs figurative repetition, with meaning shifting in response to historical and personal contexts.
Aztec mask acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 152 × 137 $3850
Homage to corn Oil on canvas 166 x 101cm $3,575
Madre (Mother) Oil , acrylic on canvas 91 x 101cm $2250
Tiahuanaco vessel in the form of a llama enamel on canvas, 137 × 152 cm $3850
Angry Man Acrylic, enamel and oil stick on stretched blind 179.5 x236cm Framed $10,000
The Corn Farmer Acrylic, oil stick, oil pastel on board 120x 275cm Framed $7,500
On the road to El Dorado I saw two llamas acrylic and oil stick on canvas 182 x 183 cm $6,000
A stylish figure appeared to stop me as I climbed the temple acrylic and oil stick on canvas 182.5 x 182 cm $6,000
His vision was shrouded by the beauty of the gold ornament acrylic and oil stick on canvas 152 x 182.5 cm $4,600
Head in the trees hearing the golden bells ring acrylic, oil stick, pigmented ink and enamel on canvas 199.5 x 137 cm $4,500
The god of the dead come to collect his offerings acrylic and pigmented ink on canvas 199.5 x 137 cm $4,500
The gods came in many forms to silence the powers at be acrylic and pigmented ink on canvas 199.5 x 137 cm $4,500
Wicked Fizz would always make my tongue tingle Painted wood on steel base 188 x 30 x 15 cm $4,500
liked the colours of my balaclava painting so much I used them again Painted wood on steel base 191 x 30 x 15 cm $4,500