Norman Catherine

Norman Catherine (an haife shi a watan Satumbar shekarar 1949 a Gabashin London, Afirka ta Kudu) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na Afirka ta Kudu wanda aikinsa ya haɗa mai zane, zane-zane, bugawa da kafofin watsa labarai. Ya yi aiki tare da mashahurin ɗan wasan Afirka ta Kudu Walter Battiss a kan ra'ayin Fook Island daga 1973.

Ayyukan fasaha na Norman Catherine ya fara ne a shekarar 1969 tare da nune-nunen kansa na farko a Herbert Evans Gallery a Johannesburg, wanda ya haɗa da zane-zanen mai a kan itace, ƙashi, waya da abubuwa da yawa da aka samu. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya ci gaba da kirkirar sabon aiki da haɓaka salon sa. Hazel Friedman ya bayyana ci gabansa kamar haka:

"A cikin shekaru talatin da suka gabata da na yanzu, alamun kasuwanci na Catherine sun haɗa da nau'ikan ban dariya da ban tsoro, waɗanda aka fassara a cikin launuka masu ban sha'awa. Ra'ayinsa na idiosyncratic - haɗuwa da duhu mai ban dariya, da kuma amfani da kayan yau da kullun, ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a gaban fasahar Afirka ta Kudu ta zamani" Hazel Friedman akan Norman Catherine . 

Yana zaune kuma yana aiki daga gidansa, mai suna Fook Manor, kusa da madatsar ruwan Hartbeespoort a wajen Pretoria.

 Hanyar da jigogi 
Ayyukan Norman Catherine sun kunshi kafofin watsa labarai iri-iri ciki har da zane, zane-zane, kafofin watsa labarai masu gauraye, bugawa, zane-zanen da tagulla. Ayyukansa suna nuna hangen nesa game da yanayin zamantakewa da siyasa wanda ke tsara tunaninsa. Jigogi kamar tarihi, tsoro, aikata laifuka, rikici, psychosis, siyasa da cututtukan cututtuka suna motsa tsarin kirkirarsa, wanda ke tsakanin abin ban tsoro da ban dariya. Ya bayyana ra'ayinsa na rashin amincewa ta hanyar juxtaposing duhu da haske, yana motsawa tsakanin wani ciki hallucinatory mulki da kuma sharhin zahiri game da duniya ta zahiri.

Ayyukansa suna wakiltar su a cikin tarin jama'a da masu zaman kansu a Afirka ta Kudu da kuma duniya, gami da Gidan Tarihi na zamani (MoMA) da Gidan kayan gargajiya na Brooklyn a New York. A shekara ta 1993, an gayyace shi don nunawa ga Pavilion na Afirka ta Kudu a 45th Venice Biennale . A shekara ta 2006, Gidan zane-zane na Johannesburg (JAG) ya gabatar da wani bita mai taken 'Yanzu & Sa'an nan'.

 Ƙarin karantawa 

 Berman, Esmé, Painting a Afirka ta Kudu. Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers, 1993
 Affinities: fasahar Afirka ta Kudu ta zamani: nune-nunen da ke ƙarƙashin kulawar XLV Venice Biennial 1993, Yuni-Disamba 1993; [nune-nune Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice, 1993]. Roma: Ambasciata na Afirka ta Kudu, 1993
 Hazel Friedman, Norman Catherine. Johannesburg: Goodman Gallery Editions, 2000

 Haɗin waje 

 Tarihin Afirka ta Kudu Online
 Shafin yanar gizon Norman Catherine

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1949