Joshua Searle
Lost in Colour
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.
Joshua Searle
Joshua Searle On the road to El Dorado I saw two llamas acrylic and oil stick on canvas 182 x 183 cm $6,000
Joshua Searle 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
Joshua Searle 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
Joshua Searle His vision was shrouded by the beauty of the gold ornament acrylic and oil stick on canvas 152 x 182.5 cm $4,600
Joshua Searle 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
Joshua Searle Tiahuanaco vessel in the form of a llama enamel on canvas, 137 × 152 cm $3850
Joshua Searle Homage to corn oil on canvas 166 x 101cm $3,575
Joshua Searle Madre (Mother) oil, acrylic on canvas 91 x 101cm $2250
Joshua Searle Aztec mask acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 152 × 137 $3850
Stylized figure (Unknown provenance) Synthetic polymer paint and oil stick on canvas 40 x 30cm $750
Mi Buro mi amigo II Synthetic polymer, oil stick and pencil on canvas 51.5 x 41cm $1,250
Mi Buro mi amigo IV Synthetic polymer, oil stick and pencil on canvas 51.5 x 41cm $1,250
Amor (Love) Synthetic polymer and pencil on canvas 72 x 96cmcm $2,100
Frailejones Polymer paint on canvas 122.5cm x 76.5cm $2,800
irse (go) Synthetic polymer paint. oil stick and permanent ink on plastic card 120.5 X 99.5cm $2,000
Balaclavas on my mother’s street II Wood, textile on steel base 191 x 30 x 15cm $5,000
Balaclavas on my mother’s street I Wood, textile on steel base 191 x 30 x 15cm $5,000