{"product_id":"body-of-work-volume-one","title":"\"Body of Work\" - Volume One","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe artists' first official book \"Body of Work Volume 1\", is published by Koos Groenewald and GNOSIENNE with the introduction by Jess Sutherland. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comes in two screenprinted hardcover colour options, a Havana (lighter) or Tobacco (darker).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book logs the studio ephemera of artist Koos Groenewald, widely known as Koooooos. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed of sketches, notes, imagery, motivations, reminders and maquettes spanning the four-year period from 2022 to 2026 leading up to the occasion of the artists first solo presentation Performing Humanism (101) at the RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGathered together, these short missives to and from the self form a study of the private and interpersonal incident, consolidating the artist's observational practice of recognising the very particular - and universal - absurdity of having, and being, a body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore details on the book itself:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover book, 256 pages \u003cbr\u003eExposed smyth-sewn binding with pink thread\u003cbr\u003eComposed across an array of papers: \u003cbr\u003eMunken pure 90 gsm\u003cbr\u003eCascade 90gsm\u003cbr\u003eArena gloss 120gsm \u003cbr\u003eBook paper 90gsm \u003cbr\u003eMi-Tientes 160gsm \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koooooos","offers":[{"title":"Havanna","offer_id":53677153517841,"sku":null,"price":1350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tobacco","offer_id":53677153550609,"sku":null,"price":1350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/7347\/1249\/files\/WhatsAppImage2026-06-15at14.32.13.jpg?v=1781547944","url":"https:\/\/shop.koooooos.com\/products\/body-of-work-volume-one","provider":"Koooooos","version":"1.0","type":"link"}