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DAVE ROBERTSON 

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"I am a self-taught visual artist, born in Zimbabwe and based in Cape Town.

My photographic work is primarily a form of social commentary. 'Plakkerskamp, Bonnievale 2003 -2012', my first photographic book, was recently published by a humanitarian organization in Luxembourg, Europe. The book spans nine years and documents a group of marginalized people living in an informal settlement a few hours drive from Cape Town. 

A  career highlight for me, was winning an award at Spier Contemporary 2010 for a documentary photographic project focusing on informal recyclers in Johannesburg. Prior to this, I was best  known for a series of expressionist, hand-painted photographs
of township scenes in Southern Africa which were exhibited at galleries in Germany, the Netherlands and at “Photo LA 2004”  in Los Angeles, USA.

 

 

 

 

More recently my work has been exhibited by several galleries in South Africa including the Irma Stern Museum, the Bell-Roberts Gallery, Kalk Bay Modern, Focus Contemporary and the Kim Sacks Gallery.

For the past 15 years, I have also been working as a freelance art director in the film industry and have recently retired to focus on becoming a full-time visual artist.

Worldart gallery, Cape Town hosted my first exhibition of large-scale abstract paintings in 2011. Entitled 'concrete trails,urban tails',  the show was surprisingly successful and sold out in a few weeks." more here

 

 

 

 

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AVAILABLE WORK

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Profusion. No. 10

Edition of 9.

Limited Edition Print on Hahnemule German etching paper.

Paper size 52 x 52cm

Framed.

R15 150

Profusion. No. 7

Edition of 9.

Limited Edition Print on Hahnemule German etching paper.

Paper size 52 x 52cm

Framed.

R15 150

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The Lake.

Limited Edition Print on 310 gsm Hahnemuhle German etching paper.

130 x 110cm.

Edition 4/9

R 24 695

Also Available unframed.

Edition 7/9 

R19 565

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Dave Robertson

Finding Resonance.

Acrylic and varnish on canvas.

Framed

100 x 100 cm

R49 500

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Dave Robertson

Abstract no. 48

Acrylic on canvas.

Framed

100 x 100cm

R49 500

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Dave Robertson

Into The Wild

Acrylic on canvas.

Framed

120 x 100cm

R49 500

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Portal to Beyond.

Acrylic on canvas.

100cms x 100cms.

R38 500

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