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David Brown

South African 1951-2016 


David Brown is best known for his metal sculptures of human figures orchestrated into allegorical tableaus. Suggestive of carnivals and ritualised combat, his speculative scenes offer barbed commentary on late-apartheid South African life. Brown’s dystopian vision, which he elaborated with anachronistic fashions and analogue technologies, is in the current vernacular pure steampunk. A graduate of the Michaelis School of Fine Art, where he studied design and photography, Brown was persuaded to pursue sculpture in 1975 by his father-in-law, artist Cecil Skotnes. He initially produced wooden totems, but in 1980 exhibited dogs carved from Jarrah, an Australian hardwood, clothed with metal jackets. Brown started to work in bronze in 1984. Brown drew inspiration for these dystopian allegories from the scenes he observed at his Woodstock studio, from which he witnessed the demolition of District Six and often saw camouflaged policemen gather before their sorties into townships with their armoured vehicles.

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58 lots offered      46.55% sold      ZAR 1 516 333
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
David Brown; Man + Animal N03, Study of Maquette
2 Dec 2024
Starting at ZAR 5 000
David Brown; Spectator Watching the Ships Go By
11 Nov 2024
Sold for ZAR 82 075
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
David Brown; Soldier at the Outpost 2
9 Oct 2024
Starting at ZAR 30 000
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David Brown; Dog Head
28 May 2024
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
 
David Brown; Untitled
20 Mar 2024
ZAR 250 000 - 350 000
 
David Brown; Slave Series B
27 Nov 2023
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
David Brown; Slave Series A
27 Nov 2023
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
David Brown; Buccaneer
27 Nov 2023
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
David Brown; Construction
27 Nov 2023
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
 
David Brown; Boxing
27 Nov 2023
ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
 
David Brown; Soldier at the Outpost 2
14 Aug 2023
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
 
David Brown; Untitled
7 Nov 2022
ZAR 400 000 - 500 000