Norman Catherine
Norman Catherine was the first artist to make a print at The Artists' Press. The studio had no money and had to ask Catherine to buy the ink and paper in order for the edition to be printed. The title of this print is appropriately Headman and was signed on the 30 April 1991.
Catherine's lithographs are beautiful examples of his fine drawing skills with a perfectionists understanding of colour. The titles play with words and the images draw on humour, fear, social and personal politics and a brush of the absurd.
Catherine was born in 1949 and started working with Walter Battiss on The Fook Island Project in 1973. Since then Catherine has worked as a full-time artist and for the most part is self-taught. He has exhibited extensively both locally and internationally and his work can be found in leading international collections, both public and private; including MOMA in New York.
"Self Portrait was the first lithograph I did in 1975 with Bruce Attwood, Mark's father, who was doing commercial printing at the time. It was the first hand separated limited edition that both Bruce and I had attempted. Between 1980 and 1984 we went on to do about 25 limited editions together, once Bruce had started his own business at home in Bedfordview. Even though still at school, I remember Mark being always very much involved in the print shop.
The process of working on layers of frosted film for the separate colours that I did for the editions that Bruce printed on his offset machine was very experimental and as far as I know, had not been used by other artists in SA. This is still basically the same process as the latest prints that I have done with Mark, although now printed by hand on a direct press.
I haven't used this technique for lithography for quite some time and am really enjoying doing it and working with Mark again." Norman Catherine, 2019
New Editions from The Artists' Press
Artists A - L (listed by surname)
Artists M - X (listed by surname)
Norman Catherine Archive of Prints Made at The Artists' Press
Norman Catherine Creative Feel Magazine Article
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Title: Me Myself
Medium: Five colour lithograph
Paper size: 76 x 57 cm
Image Size: 66 x 48
Edition size: 50
Price: R 13 500 (excl. VAT)
"Me Myself speaks to the process of trying to
understand oneself through self-analysis, reflection, and acceptance to not
only better understand our thoughts and emotions but also to confront the parts
of ourselves we may have neglected or denied. This inner journey where we meet
our alter-ego and engage in internal dialogue is a process not about judgment
but about understanding one’s thoughts, behaviors, and motivations. One shines
a light on the monster within: the strengths and weaknesses of one’s character
in this self-reflection process that helps one understand why one behaves in
certain ways and that perhaps these actions could stem from a fear of being
misunderstood or from childhood experience/s. This can lead to moments of
clarity, but it can also reveal difficult truths that need to be faced head-on.
The shadow self may have aspects of one’s personality that one dislikes, fears
or feels ashamed of but by acknowledging one’s shadow self one can move closer
to a fuller more integrated sense of who one is." Norman Catherine, 2024
Title: Self Serve
Medium: Five colour lithograph
Paper size: 38.5 x 30 cm
Edition size: 40
Price: R 5 000 (excl. VAT)
Title: Showtime
Medium: Five colour lithograph
Paper size: 38.5 x 30 cm
Edition size: 40
Price: R 5 000 (excl. VAT)
Title: Bedfellows
Medium: Six colour lithograph
Paper size: 57 x 76 cm
Edition size: 50
Price: R 13 500 (excl. VAT)
Detail of Bedfellows
Title: Silent Water
Medium: Seven colour lithograph
Paper size: 57 x 76 cm
Edition size: 50
Price: R 13 500 (excl. VAT)
Detail of Silent Water
Title: Partnership
Medium: Seven colour lithograph
Paper size: 57 x 76 cm
Edition size: 50
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Detail of Partnership
Title: Head Stone
Medium: Four colour lithograph
Paper size: 37.5 x 30 cm
Edition size: 30
Price: R 5 000 (excl. VAT)
Title: Joy Ride
Medium: Five colour lithograph
Paper size: 75 x 106 cm
Image size: 68 x 98 cm
Edition size: 45
Price: R 17 400 (excl. VAT)
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