Norman Caherine (b. 1949 East London, South Africa) Norman Catherine born in East London, South Africa in 1949 is a highly acclaimed South African contemporary artist sought after by prominent international collectors, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Brooklyn Museum in New York. Catherine's first solo exhibition, featured oil paintings on wood, bone, wire and an assortment of found objects. Catherine is highly prolific across painting, sculpture, printmaking, bronze, pristine airbrush paintings to the frenzied, ritualistic mixed media works, wire sculptures and tin can works, primitive-futuristic paintings populated by hybrid, beast-like figures. His art frequently explores horror, crime, psychoses, lasting traumas of apartheid. Catherine's distinctive trademarks heavily rely on bold, dark satirical style, visual vocabulary featuring grotesque, cartoonish colours to mask deeply macabre or cynical undertones, rough-edged comical and nightmarish forms, anthropomorphic figures that reflect a dystopian view of the socio-political landscape. His idiosyncratic vision – a combination of dark cynicism and exuberant humour, an innovative use of everyday materials – has secured his place at the forefront of South African contemporary art. A major milestone in his career was his close collaboration with legendary South African artist Walter Battiss.
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African Mask. Screenprint on Paper, 25cm x 25cm excluding frame, 51cm x 41cm including frame. Framed.
