Chris de Beer

Chris de Beer 'Vervaldatum # 3 (use by 8 June 2025)' brooch

Legacy
About the Session

Legacy, showcases 16 contemporary practitioners whose work reflects the movement’s enduring spirit of experimentation. Like their predecessors, these art jewellers often work with non-precious materials, producing pieces that are expressive, sculptural and conceptually adventurous.  Through these wearable artworks, the artists employ art jewellery as a critical medium to reflect upon, comment on, and challenge the world around them, exploring questions of identity, place, social standing, cultural practices, and political viewpoints.

 


Sold for

ZAR 1 322
Lot 64
  • Chris de Beer; Chris de Beer 'Vervaldatum # 3 (use by 8 June 2025)' brooch
  • Chris de Beer; Chris de Beer 'Vervaldatum # 3 (use by 8 June 2025)' brooch


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 1 200 - 1 400
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 1 322

About this Item

South Africa 1958-
Chris de Beer 'Vervaldatum # 3 (use by 8 June 2025)' brooch
moulded high density polyethylene marked with use by date, set with sterling silver chameleon and steel brooch pin mechanism, length approximately 6cm, total weight 9 grams
2025

Notes

I explore new materials and techniques and have noticed how we are taking plastics for granted. Is it similar to viewing weeds as pioneer plants? Birds are a universal symbol of innocence and peace, whereas chameleons, or their lack, are indicators of the state of our natural ecosystem.

- Chris de Beer

Brooch comes with handmade packaging, a cyanotype leaf print envelope with title, artist's signature and date.

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