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Norman Catherine

South African 1949- 


Norman Catherine attended the East London (South Africa) Technical College Art School from 1967 to 1968 where he completed an art matric. During the 1980s he lived in Los Angeles and New York and he currently lives at Hartbeespoort Dam, North West Province.

His prodigious output has been engaging art enthusiasts since 1969 when he held his first solo exhibition in Johannesburg. He works in various media including painting, sculpture, mixed media, printmaking, wall hangings and bronze and has exhibited extensively in South Africa and internationally. His work is included in numerous local private, museum and corporate collections as well as in the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum collections in the USA.

Catherine’s art projects a dystopian vision of the socio-political landscape. History, horror, crime, conflict, psychoses and politics all serve as stimuli for his creative output, which 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 that veer between an internal hallucinatory realm and a literal commentary on the external world. He rebels against any dogma or rigid definition, including of his own work.


648 lots offered      76.54% sold      ZAR 23 868 843
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Norman Catherine; Face Time, four
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 32 830
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Birdman; Red Jacket, two
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Fire in Hand
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 4 456
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Performance
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Warlords
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 8 442
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Witch Hunt
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Fook Quilt
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Fook Island Skateboard
23 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Man with Birds
10 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 91 040
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Man with Snake Arm
10 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 47 796
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Eye to Eye
11 Jul 2021
Sold for ZAR 15 243
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Norman Catherine; Portraits, triptych
11 Jul 2021
Sold for ZAR 170 700
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.