"For many people, enjoying art means attending gallery openings and shows but never actually buying anything. Artworks are often perceived as extravagantly indulgent objects that only the wealthy purchase for investment. But this is not the case. Most people, given the desire, can own original contemporary art pieces. Savvy art enthusiasts can
David Brits (b.1987) is a multidisciplinary artist who incorporates printmaking, drawing and painting in his practice. His work explores his identity and context as a young, white man living in present-day South Africa; his art making a way to process the complex history that he has inherited. Brits’ 50ty/50ty artwork speaks
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For his 50ty/50ty artwork Bit Coupon, Asha Zero added another layer of conceptual depth and laborious production to his process. First, he digitally scanned images of his paintings; themselves depicting collages of found images. These were then cut and reassembled as a digital collage and this composite image colour-separated for
Artist at work: Mia Chaplin working on a screen print titled "Sweet Sour" at Black River Studio.
"Despite ongoing discourse around making high-quality art more accessible to regular people, there’s still a huge gap between original pieces that only the very well-heeled can afford and cheap mass-produced prints that every average Joe and his cousins own. 50ty/50ty is the latest of a few independent ventures that have