{"product_id":"ouroboros11drawingconcertina2019davidbrits","title":"'Ouroboros 1.1 Drawing Concertina' (2019)","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDavid Brits’ practice spans printmaking, drawing and video, but over the last three years he has, in his own words, “devoted his time solely to formal investigations in public-scale sculpture”. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe \u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eOuroboros 1.1 Drawing Concertina\u003c\/span\u003e shows the process work for his \u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eOuroboros\u003c\/span\u003e series. Visi magazine described the series as an “exploration of the integration and assimilation of opposing forms”. The word \u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eOuroboros\u003c\/span\u003e, derived from Ancient Greek, describes the symbol of a snake devouring its tail. The title makes explicit that these are works in process, with no clear beginning or end, while also pointing towards the artist’s interest in form, shape, and symmetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe \u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003econcertina\u003c\/span\u003e features test sketches and collages that delve deeper into the series, with accompanying comments and ideas written by the artist, as well as a 3D-printed model of the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eOuroboros\u003c\/span\u003e sculptures. These tests provide insight into the artist’s practice, as well as the process through which the works move from idea to execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 2px; border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e135 x 40 x 55 cm | variable edition of 3\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; cursor: text; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; caret-color: #111111; color: #111111; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eCape Town artist David Brits (b. 1987) graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 2010. In 2019 he released his first public sculpture commission for the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation in Masiphumelele, Cape Town.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Brits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33674662019209,"sku":"10280","price":15000.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0350\/5704\/1545\/products\/Ouroboros1.1DrawingConcertina_2019DavidBritsR15_000.00-6.jpg?v=1672999714","url":"https:\/\/store.a4arts.org\/en-us\/products\/ouroboros11drawingconcertina2019davidbrits","provider":"A4 Arts Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}