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Snake Man

A memorial exhibition by David Brits

19th November 2015 - 9 January 2016

Snake Man commemorates the life of John Wood, David Brits’

late maternal grandfather. Wood was one of South Africa’s most

prominent reptile experts, snake catchers and snake show-

men. Over a period of sixty years he caught thousands of snakes,

spiders, scorpions, lizards and frogs for both medical research

and the development of snake and spider antivenoms. Wood was a

prolific poet, photographer and filmmaker, and shared his great

passion for reptiles through these mediums as well as with his

traveling snake show, which toured the country from the 1950-70s.

Brits’ takes his inspiration from the large archive of

photographs, films, newspaper cuttings, letters, poems, and

priceless books which he inherited. Working across a wide

range of media including drawing, linocuts and lithographic

prints, in Snake Man, Brits contemplates the life of his

grandfather, his legacy, and the perennial power of the snake.

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Skin Abstract I - Gaboon Viper, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract II- Cape cobra, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract III - Gila Monster, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract IV - Mole Snake, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract V - Boomslang, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract VI - Gila Monster, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract VII - African Rock Python, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract VIII - Rattle Snake, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract IX - Mole Snake, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Skin Abstract X - Mole Snake, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler I, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler II, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler III, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler IV, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler V, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler VI, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler VII, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler VIII, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler IX, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Handler X, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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The Proprietor, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Snakes and Ladders, 2015, Indian Ink on Fabriano Rosaspina, 100 x 70cm, R20 000

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Snake Abstract 0.1, 2015, Powder Coated Aluminium, 119 x 168 x 5cm, R20 000 (sold)

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Sloughs I, 2015, Offset Lithograph on Archival, 100 x 68cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R5 000 unframed, R6 500 framed

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Sloughs II, 2015, Offset Lithograph on Archival, 100 x 68cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R5 000 unframed, R6 500 framed

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Sloughs III, 2015, Offset Lithograph on Archival, 100 x 68cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R5 000 unframed, R6 500 framed

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Snake Abstract 1.1, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 27,5 x 38cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R750 unframed, R1 300 framed (5/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 2.1, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 38 x 55cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R1 250 unframed, R2 000 framed (2/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 2.2, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 55 x 38cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R1 250 unframed, R2 000 framed (6/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 2.3, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 55 x 38cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R1 250 unframed, R2 000 framed (2/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 3.1, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 76 x 55cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R2 500 unframed, R3 400 framed (2/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 3.2, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 76 x 55cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R2 500 unframed, R3 400 framed (2/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 3.3, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 55 x 76cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R2 500 unframed, R3 400 framed (1/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 3.4, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 76 x 55cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R2 500 unframed, R3 400 framed (1/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 3.5, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 76 x 55cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R2 500 unframed, R3 400 framed (1/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 3.6, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 76 x 55cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R2 500 unframed, R3 400 framed (1/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 3.7, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 55 x 76cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R2 500 unframed, R3 400 framed (1/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 4.1, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 110 x 76cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R5 000 unframed, R6 300 framed (1/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 4.2, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 110 x 76cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R5 000 unframed, R6 300 framed (2/6 sold)

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Snake Abstract 4.3, 2015, Linocut on Zerkall Litho, 76 x 110cm, Edition 6 + 1AP, R5 000 unframed, R6 300 framed (1/6 sold)