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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.

Sean O’Toole


55 lots offered      47.27% sold      ZAR 1 434 258
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
David Brown; Dog's Head
11 Nov 2019
Sold for ZAR 34 140
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
David Brown; Maquette for The Last Hatted Autocrat
7 Oct 2019
Starting at ZAR 70 000
 
David Brown; Untitled I
15 Jul 2019
Starting at ZAR 50 000
 
David Brown; Untitled II
15 Jul 2019
Starting at ZAR 50 000
 
David Brown; Triumphal Return
8 Jun 2019
Starting at ZAR 12 000
 
David Brown; Last Hatted Autocrat
4 Mar 2019
Starting at ZAR 60 000
 
David Brown; Untitled I
16 Feb 2019
Starting at ZAR 80 000
 
David Brown; Untitled II
16 Feb 2019
Starting at ZAR 70 000
 
David Brown; Untitled III
16 Feb 2019
Sold for ZAR 73 970
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
David Brown; Driver
12 Nov 2018
Sold for ZAR 73 970
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
David Brown; Wall Piece
15 Oct 2018
Starting at ZAR 60 000
 
David Brown; Rower
15 Oct 2018
Sold for ZAR 113 800
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT