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