Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Asian Arts, Jewellery and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 6 - 14 April 2020
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Lot Estimate
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
Selling Price
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ZAR 91 040
About this Item
South African 1949-
Dog Watch
signed
bronze
height: 54cm; length: 70cm; width: 36cm
Notes
Edition number 4/5.
Catherine’s art imbibes a dystopian vision of the socio-political landscape that informs his psyche. History, horror, crime, conflict, psychoses, politics and pathologies serve as stimuli for his creative output that vacillates between the macabre and the comic, between a gasp and a giggle. He conveys his cynical vision through a juxtaposition of dark and light sensibilities veering between an internal hallucinatory realm and literal commentary on the material world. There are no easy classifications for the genre of his work suffice to say that he rebels against any dogma or rigid definition (source https://www.normancatherine.com/about).