Cape Town Retrospective is the third part of a trilogy of exhibitions based on the release of Miles’s collection of artist proofs. The first two were The Overberg which was on exhibition at Hermanus FynArts gallery and The Karoo which was shown at the Prince Albert gallery.

An artist proof is a print taken in the printmaking process where the artist can see the current state of the print being worked on. Joshua makes his proofs to test the colour and cut before continuing with each layer of his edition. They are almost always as identical to the edition as a handmade print can be. Artist proofs normally belong to the artist and by convention the artist is not supposed to sell these with the edition. Art curators, collectors and historians view the proofs as especially desirable due to their rarity. Joshua is inspired by the loose mark making of the impressionists using his chisels to make the marks and the Japanese technique of selective rolling using his rollers like paint brushes to apply the inks. Joshua is releasing this collection of proofs, which has never been shown together before, as a retrospective of his iconic Cape Town images and this is a rare opportunity to view the entire collection together.