25/11/2022
The Gallery will be closed on Saturday. It will open again on Tuesday the 29th. We hope to see you soon.
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24/11/2022
Details from Simon Stone’s ‘Primary colour measure’, on show in our ground floor as we celebrate the new season with our Summer Curation. Take look over at www.latitudes.online/shows/new-shows/nel-gallery-summer-curation.html to see what we have in-gallery this summer, and find out more about the artists.
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23/11/2022
Form ever follows function. Head into the vibrant Church Street and start here to see ‘Form and Function I’, by artist Madeleine van Manen, on show as part of our salon-style Summer Curation. Experience it in-gallery on your way around the mother city.
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Form and Function I | 2022 | Gouache and Pastel pencil on board | 32 x 32 cm
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22/11/2022
Get out of this weeks’ gloomy skies, and come see the many views we have on show. Check out artist Joachim Schöndfeldt’s ‘Freedom Park’, hanging in our ground floor, as part of the first rendition of our salon-styled Summer Curation. Come by to experience the vibrancy and fun in-gallery today, or head over to www.artsy.net/show/nel-summer-curation?sort=partner_show_position to see more. Don’t miss out!
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Freedom Park | 2018 | Oil on board | 50cm (diameter)
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19/11/2022
Come visit the Church Street Galleries today, it is a perfect day for Art. At Nel we are currently showing the start of our Summer Curation, a group exhibition featuring some of the most exciting emerging artists, some well established artists and even some surprises. You should start on your holiday gifting today, what better gift than art? We have something that will be perfect. Pop in and have a look. Everybody is welcome. We open at 10 am and close at 2 pm today
Artwork by Virginia Mackenny
17/11/2022
Details from ‘Untitled. Study After Rubens’, on show in our first floor mezzanine to celebrate the new season as part of our Summer Curation. Head over to www.artsy.net/partner/nel to see what we have in-gallery this summer, and find out more about the artists.
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Untitled. Study After Rubens | 2018 | Oil on board | 20 x 20 cm
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16/11/2022
‘Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences’
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Come by to see ‘Consequence’, on show as part of our gallery-wide Summer Curation. Experience the first iteration of this curated collection in-house today as the first stop on your art-walk around the mother city.
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Consequence | 2022 | Oil on canvas | 31 x 40 cm
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15/11/2022
See the colourful Table Mountain in our gallery whilst the real one is shrouded in clouds. Experience ‘Hoerikwagga - Table Mountain’ up in our first-floor mezzanine, as it hangs as part of the first rendition of our Summer Curation. Come by to see it in gallery today, or head to www.nelart.co.za/exhibitions to take a closer look and find out more.
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Hoerikwagga - Table Mountain | 2022 | Oil on Canvas | 22 x 22 cm
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09/11/2022
He. - What the bee is to the floweret,
When he looks for honey-dew,
Through the leaves that close embower it,
That, my love, I'll be to you.
- Thomas Moore
Come by and see Cheryl Traub-Adler’s ‘What the bee said to the flower’ on show in our ground floor as part of our current Summer Curation line-up. Experience the gallery-wide curated collection in-house today before heading up Church Street to explore more on your artwork around the mother city.
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What the bee said to the flower | 2022 | Paint, tapestry, collage and light | 80 x 55 cm
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08/11/2022
Details from ‘Summer Dancer’, on show in our ground floor as we usher in the new season with our Summer Curation. Come by to experience this multi-artist exhibition in gallery, or head over to https://latitudes.online/nel to find explore more about the pieces and their artists.
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Summer Dancer | 2022 | Acrylic paint and ink | 18 x 18 cm
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05/11/2022
Come visit the city galleries today! It is the perfect day for it. The Church Street Galleries alone should keep your attention with a wide array to view and engage with, At Nel Gallery we have started our Summer Curation, a group exhibition which is both malleable and extends over a period of nearly three months, until January 20, 2023. Works will leave the curation as they sell or find time to rest and others will be sliding in over the course of the curation. It is not static, visit frequently and spot the new additions and the change over this summer. Make a start to your holiday gifts, pop in, we are bound to have something for you or for that special someone you have in mind. We wait to welcome you. Everybody's welcome.
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27/10/2022
Come by and take a closer look at ’14 parts of a biography (Right Arm)’ as it hangs in its last few days here in gallery. Experience it and more this Saturday from 11:00am as we read the Babka and perish the thought to close Steven Sack’s solo exhibition ‘The Artist Needs a Hat’. Don’t miss out!
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14 parts of a biography (Right Arm) | 2022 | Jelutong and Veneer
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20/10/2022
Details from ‘The Leadership’, on display in our ground-floor as part of Steven Sack’s gallery-wide exhibition ‘The artist needs a hat’. Come by to find out what lies beneath the masks of the leadership, or see more on our website at www.nelart.co.za/exhibitions.html. The exhibition is on show until Saturday 29th October, don’t miss out!
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The Leadership | 2022 | Colon Figures | 46 x 44 x 7 cm
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19/10/2022
Saw something in our street-view window? Come by to see more of Steven Sack’s gallery-wide exhibition ‘The artist needs a hat’, on show until Saturday 29th October. Explore his insights and works in-house today or head over to https://latitudes.online/nel to find out more about the show.
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18/10/2022
Make the most of todays’ warm weather, take a step out into the town to come see ’14 parts of a biography (Right Foot)’ on show in our ground floor as part of Steven Sack’s solo exhibition ‘The Artist Needs a Hat’. With a string of galleries within arms reach, there’s no better way to stretch your legs than to head up the bustling Church Street and be amazed by each of our stunning exhibitions, before visiting more of the inner city galleries.
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14 parts of a biography (Right Foot) | ca. 2022 | Jelutong and Veneer
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13/10/2022
Details from ‘The ‘Sight Manager’, on show until Saturday 29th October as part of Steven Sack’s gallery-wide exhibition ‘The artist needs a hat’. Take a closer look over on www.artsy.net/partner/nel to find out more about the pieces and the artistry behind the show’s .
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The Sight Manager | Colon Figure, Jelutong, Veneer, Clock
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12/10/2022
Need a hand figuring out where to go today? Head up the ever bustling Church Street to explore some of what the inner city galleries have in store. Start here to check out ‘ Tool VI. Glove’, on show in our ground floor as part of Steven Sack’s Solo exhibition ‘The artist needs a hat’, and experience more of the gallery-wide show before making the most of fine weather.
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11/10/2022
Come by to see Steven Sack’s solo exhibition ‘The artist needs a hat’, on show throughout the gallery until Saturday 29th October. Explore the range of his works here at .on.long as they utilise play, music, and time to navigate intricate discussions like ‘Does the air inside the balloon know what the artist is thinking?’ and ‘How could a thought be an object that made itself?’. Want to know more? Head over https://latitudes.online/nel to find out more about the show and the artist. Don’t miss out!
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08/10/2022
We are currently showing Steven Sack's The artist needs a hat, his solo exhibition on until the 29th of November.
On Saturdays we remain open until 2 pm, it is the perfect day for gallery hopping in Cape Town, start with us, on the corner of Long Church Streets.
06/10/2022
Opening tonight at 5 pm Steven Sack's The artist needs a hat, a solo exhibition taking our entire building. It is also First Thursdays in Cape Town. Pop into the city and experience incredible art. The galleries remain open until at least 8 pm. We look forward to welcoming you
04/10/2022
Please join us this First Thursday as we present Stevan Sack’s new solo exhibition The Artist Needs A Hat.
How could a thought be an object that made itself? Could the air inside a balloon be the answer as to not only what, but also how? Artist Stevan Sack utilises his interest in play, music, and time to navigate through the constraints of the working artist, and find ways for art to create itself. In reflection, Sack remarks that “I was only capable of short spurts at focusing, condensing, and the beginning of rather rambling thinking. A thought containing an idea, or a possible action would emerge, and be forgotten.”
Come by and experience The Artist Needs A Hat as it explores what is needed to be an artist. The work can be previewed during the day prior to the exhibition opening at 5:00pm. We wait to welcome you all
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29/09/2022
Don’t miss out on the chance to see ’A Kiss To Last Forever’ and more as part of Ferial Mohamed’s solo exhibition ‘The Truth about Love’. Come by to experience it in its’ last few days on display, or head over to www.nelart.co.za/exhibitions.html to browse through all of our curated shows, and find out more about the artists and their work.
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A Kiss To Last Forever | 2022 | Acrylic on Fabriano Paper | 29.5 × 21 cm
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28/09/2022
Desire (a shadorma)
A praying
Mantis gives itself
For want, a
Sacrifice.
To want and die from wanting
To hope for no more.
Check out ‘Praying Mantis’ as part of former attorney, artist and writer Ferial Mohamed latest body of work ‘Truth About Love’, on show in its last few days her at .on.long. Don’t miss out on the full in-gallery experience up in our first floor. Come by today and experience more of what we have in store, before taking an art-walk down the ever lively Church Street.
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Praying Mantis | 2022 | Acrylic on canvas | 42 × 29.5 cm
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27/09/2022
Details from ‘Guests at the wedding’, on show in its final week here in our first floor mezzanine. Don’t miss out on the chance to experience it and more as part of artist and writer Ferial Mohamed’s solo exhibition ‘The Truth about Love’. Come by before visiting more of the inner city galleries, or head over to www.artsy.net to browse through our shows exhibitions and shows.
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Guests at the wedding | 2022 | Acrylic on canvas | 59 × 84 cm
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21/09/2022
Details from ‘Bacchus re-imagined’, on show until September 30th as part of Ferial Mohamed’s solo exhibition ‘The Truth About Love’. Experience it and more in our first floor mezzanine before exploring more on your artwalk of the vibrant inner city gallery’s. Don’t miss out!
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Bacchus re-imagined | 2022 | Acrylic on Canvas | 59 x 42 cm
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20/09/2022
Thank you to everyone who came out Saturday to join us for Ferial Mohamed’s walkabout of her exhibition ‘The Truth about Love’. It was a pleasure to host such an insightful and engaging event on a body of work that truly captivates the heart. Missed out on this event? Head over to .online to check out all of our recent shows, and read more on the captivating exhibitions we have in store. We hope to see you all next time!
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Lekka Dite | 2022 | Ceramic
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18/09/2022
From Saturday's Artist's Walkabout with Ferial Mohamed leading us through some of the work on show and reading a selection of her poetry, which accompanies and informs the paintings on our walls.
Our gratitude to the artist for this pleasant Walkabout, it was informative and insightful
18/09/2022
Ferial Mohamed on Love, or the lack thereof in society, citing the writing of social commentator and activist bell hooks. This was filmed during her Walkabout to her solo exhibition -The Truth about Love.
15/09/2022
“Without love, our efforts to liberate ourselves and our world community from oppression and exploitation are doomed.” - bell hooks
Join us this Saturday 17th September at 11:00am, as former attorney, artist and writer Ferial Mohamed takes a walkabout on their solo exhibition ‘The Truth About Love’, hosted by .on.long. Come by to experience the live performance of her poetry, and immerse yourself in her collaborative use of language and visual art as tools to further the dialogue surrounding love as aspect of decoloniality.
We wait to welcome you!
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Man in Mosque | 2022 | Acrylic on canvas
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14/09/2022
What kind of angel have you been looking for? Come by to see ’Engel met tieties’ on show in our ground floor allery gas part of our vibrant spring curation, before making the most of today's angelic weather and visiting more of the inner-city galleries. Head up the bustling Church Street, with a string of galleries in this road alone, you’ll be amazed by each of their one-of-a-kind exhibitions. Don’t miss out!
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Wilhelm Saayman | Engel met tieties | ca. 2003
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13/09/2022
‘Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its’ opposite.’ - Nelson Mandela
The focus is on love in our first-floor mezzanine. Experience the literary and visual explorations of all aspects of love in Ferial Mohamed’s solo ‘The Truth about Love’, on show until Friday 30th September. Don’t miss out!
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Father and Daughter | 2022 | Acrylic on Canvas
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08/09/2022
Spring has sprung! Come out into the sun today to check out the inner city galleries, with plenty to see and do, you’ll be sure to have a spring in your step for the day. Start here to view our Spring curation hanging in our gallery’s ground floor, or head up to Ferial Mohamed’s solo exhibition ‘The Truth About Love’ on our first-floor, before hopping down to explore the ever vibrant Church Street. Don’t miss out!
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Mary Holland | Iris | 2005
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Ferial Mohamed on Love, or the lack thereof in society, citing the writing of social commentator and activist bell hooks. This was filmed during her Walkabout to her solo exhibition -The Truth about Love.
Nel Gallery is collaborating with Q Studio in Riebeek Kasteel for their Solo Studios Weekend taking place from the 26th to the 28th of August. Our exhibition of landscape work is titled GROUND | VISTA | VESSEL, it previews on Thursday the 25th and you are welcome to join us for a glass of bubbly or when it all starts on Friday. There is a full program of art Walkabouts, film screenings and book launches #Qstudio #solostudiosrk #nelonlong #artfestival #riebeekkasteel
we are open for First Thursdays tomorrow from 5 pm until 8 pm. Our current group exhibition is - envy. It opened last month but has been refreshed. Pop in, we wait to welcome you. Please not we follow COVID19 protocols.
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Welcome to Nel
Nel is situated in the centre of the Art, Design, Antiques, African crafts and Fashion hub that is Church Street in Cape Town. Luan Nel is the owner and director of the gallery. He is himself a practicing artist, as well as freelance curator and art writer for various print as well as digital publications. His partner (and spouse) is Neil Pendock, a mathematician but also a wine writer and art lover. Neil and Luan have been actively collecting art for 28 years. The gallery starts as an extension of this love of painting, objects, installation, or even less tangible things like performative work. Luan hopes Nel to be a space that attempts to fill the gaps in the current art landscape of Cape Town. It is a commercial space as much as it is a space for more experimental work, work not always geared for the market. He believes there is room enough for an art space that focuses on the beautiful, the meaningful, the informative and work that sparks the imagination.
Central to Nel is ‘the hang’ in the salon-style. Nel likens it to ‘The Borg’ from the sci-fi series Star Trek in the sense that it forms a type of collective of reflections from different artists using various art practices and showcasing various themes as well as addressing current issues in the art landscape and society. It is constantly changing and developing, in this sense it is a ‘shape-shifter’
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Echoes Of My Mind | Artist Walkabout with Luxolo Witvoet
A young artist who first came to prominence in the field of photography, Luxolo Witvoet paints the ordinary people that fill his world. The people whose faces he remembers, people in everyday life, faces of Jazz singers he listens to, images he saw in old family albums, faces that are conjured in his imagination.
By combining the memory of them with the iconic Drum logo, he takes his everyday man and elevates them to the level of celebrity. Paying homage to the community that informed his formative years, and the publication that left an indelible mark on the consciousness of the township community that the artist himself is a part of.
Saturday 11th June, from 11am | Artist Walkabout with Luxolo Witvoet for his latest exhibition Echoes of my mind at Nel
Read the Art Times feature https://arttimes.co.za/at-feature-echoes-of-my-mind-artist-walkabout-with-luxolo-witvoet/
A young artist who first came to prominence in the field of photography, Luxolo Witvoet paints the ordinary people that fill his world. The people whose faces he remembers, people in everyday life, faces of Jazz singers he listens to, images he saw in old family albums, faces that are conjured in his imagination.
By combining the memory of them with the iconic Drum logo, he takes his everyday man and elevates them to the level of celebrity. Paying homage to the community that informed his formative years, and the publication that left an indelible mark on the consciousness of the township community that the artist himself is a part of.
Saturday 11th June, from 11am | Artist Walkabout with Luxolo Witvoet for his latest exhibition Echoes of my mind at Nel
Read the Art Times feature https://arttimes.co.za/at-feature-echoes-of-my-mind-artist-walkabout-with-luxolo-witvoet/
Art Times Sizzling June/July Winter Edition Available Now!
MUST READ | June/July Edition Highlights
M.O.L 29 - GOOD NEIGHBOURS, A MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS
Ashraf Jamal Column
OSCAR KORBLA MAWULI AWUKU
Anansinisim The Melrose Gallery
CHAPTER 31
Foretelling - Tales of a Printmaker Artist Proof Studio
TURBINE ART FAIR (TAF) 2022
Going Underground Turbine Art Fair
M I L K
Pop-Up Collaborative Laboratory Nel
SOLO STUDIOS 2022
Riebeek Valley’s Artists Headline
Annual Event Solo Studios - Intimate Art Encounters
ANNA STONE: PRINCE ALBERT
ICONS IN PASTELS Words by Elza Miles Prince Albert Gallery
KASI: EYE OF THE PEOPLE/LEIHLO LA SECHABA
1 July- 1 August 2022 | NWU Botanical Garden Gallery
Text by Mahlomola Maroba NWU Gallery
O MANG, O TSWA KAE, O YA KAE?
MY CRADLE, MY STORY, MY HERITAGE.
1 July- 1 August 2022 NWU Main Gallery
Text by Boitumelo Makousu NWU Gallery
2022 SASOL NEW SIGNATURES
Pandemic Mayhem and Artistic Careers
By Cate Terblanche, Art Curator, Sasol Art Collection Sasol
2022 NEW BREED ART COMPETITION:
Exciting New Breed Art mentorship opportunities lined up for this year New Breed Art
ART IN THE HEART OF THE KAROO:
AS VARIED AS THE KAROO ITSELF! Prince Albert Open Studios
Cover Image: Oscar Korbla Mawuli Awuku, Blue Night , 2021, Digital Archival Photo on Hahnemuhle Rag, 84 x 60 cm,
The Melrose Gallery
Read Online: https://issuu.com/arttimes/docs/art_times_junejuly_2022_issuu
MUST READ | June/July Edition Highlights
M.O.L 29 - GOOD NEIGHBOURS, A MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS
Ashraf Jamal Column
OSCAR KORBLA MAWULI AWUKU
Anansinisim The Melrose Gallery
CHAPTER 31
Foretelling - Tales of a Printmaker Artist Proof Studio
TURBINE ART FAIR (TAF) 2022
Going Underground Turbine Art Fair
M I L K
Pop-Up Collaborative Laboratory Nel
SOLO STUDIOS 2022
Riebeek Valley’s Artists Headline
Annual Event Solo Studios - Intimate Art Encounters
ANNA STONE: PRINCE ALBERT
ICONS IN PASTELS Words by Elza Miles Prince Albert Gallery
KASI: EYE OF THE PEOPLE/LEIHLO LA SECHABA
1 July- 1 August 2022 | NWU Botanical Garden Gallery
Text by Mahlomola Maroba NWU Gallery
O MANG, O TSWA KAE, O YA KAE?
MY CRADLE, MY STORY, MY HERITAGE.
1 July- 1 August 2022 NWU Main Gallery
Text by Boitumelo Makousu NWU Gallery
2022 SASOL NEW SIGNATURES
Pandemic Mayhem and Artistic Careers
By Cate Terblanche, Art Curator, Sasol Art Collection Sasol
2022 NEW BREED ART COMPETITION:
Exciting New Breed Art mentorship opportunities lined up for this year New Breed Art
ART IN THE HEART OF THE KAROO:
AS VARIED AS THE KAROO ITSELF! Prince Albert Open Studios
Cover Image: Oscar Korbla Mawuli Awuku, Blue Night , 2021, Digital Archival Photo on Hahnemuhle Rag, 84 x 60 cm,
The Melrose Gallery
Read Online: https://issuu.com/arttimes/docs/art_times_junejuly_2022_issuu
Asha Zero " CEVVB.M " Collage 15 x 21 cm 2021 / Summer Salon 21 : 22 / until January 14 2022 / Nel Gallery / 117 Long Street Cape Town
Pretty in Pink by Madelein Marincowitz.
2021, 60x60cm
This year features true gems from established artists as well as fresh
talent at the Nel Summer Salon.
On now until 14/01/2022
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2021, 60x60cm
This year features true gems from established artists as well as fresh
talent at the Nel Summer Salon.
On now until 14/01/2022
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Book Launch - Luan Nel (Malta Bella)
This monograph on the artist Luan Nel, maps a trajectory of nearly 30 years of cultural production.
Growing up as a white, gay South African man during Apartheid, these
formative experiences manifest in very many different ways. The initial
texts in this book are partly biographical and partly autobiographical and
paint a picture of how this q***r artist’s cultural production is indelibly
linked to his foundational experiences. Contributions by Alexandra Dodd,
Wilhelm van Rensburg, Brenton Maart, Lloyd Pollack and Robyn Sassen give a range of insights through the various periods and focal points of Nel’s production, whilst interviews with Ilya Rabinovich, Moshekwa Langa and Keval Harie locate his production within expansive arenas.
Book Launch at Nel Cape Town at 6pm, 24 November.
https://arttimes.co.za/at-feature-book-review-title-luan-nel-malta-bella/
This monograph on the artist Luan Nel, maps a trajectory of nearly 30 years of cultural production.
Growing up as a white, gay South African man during Apartheid, these
formative experiences manifest in very many different ways. The initial
texts in this book are partly biographical and partly autobiographical and
paint a picture of how this q***r artist’s cultural production is indelibly
linked to his foundational experiences. Contributions by Alexandra Dodd,
Wilhelm van Rensburg, Brenton Maart, Lloyd Pollack and Robyn Sassen give a range of insights through the various periods and focal points of Nel’s production, whilst interviews with Ilya Rabinovich, Moshekwa Langa and Keval Harie locate his production within expansive arenas.
Book Launch at Nel Cape Town at 6pm, 24 November.
https://arttimes.co.za/at-feature-book-review-title-luan-nel-malta-bella/
Today marks the death of Billy London, He was a gay erotic actor and s*x worker.
31 years ago on this day, the 28th of October in 1990, London’s head and feet were found in a dumpster in an alley behind Santa Monica Boulevard.
His murder remains unsolved to this very day.
His portrait is currently on show at Nel
The exhibition “Each man kills the thing he loves…” displays portraits memorialising and beatifying gay erotic actors that have died tragic deaths.
“Each man kills the thing he loves… “
21 October - 20 November 2021
Tuesdays - Fridays 10:00 - 17:00
Saturdays 10:00 - 14:00
Philip Steele, "Billy London", 2021, Indian Ink, watercolour, and pencil on Arches watercolour hot pressed 300 g/m2 100% cotton paper, 60 x 45 cm
31 years ago on this day, the 28th of October in 1990, London’s head and feet were found in a dumpster in an alley behind Santa Monica Boulevard.
His murder remains unsolved to this very day.
His portrait is currently on show at Nel
The exhibition “Each man kills the thing he loves…” displays portraits memorialising and beatifying gay erotic actors that have died tragic deaths.
“Each man kills the thing he loves… “
21 October - 20 November 2021
Tuesdays - Fridays 10:00 - 17:00
Saturdays 10:00 - 14:00
Philip Steele, "Billy London", 2021, Indian Ink, watercolour, and pencil on Arches watercolour hot pressed 300 g/m2 100% cotton paper, 60 x 45 cm
Image: Asha Zero | Neutral word control / Lead cloak | 2021 | Collage on paper
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
Image: Kamyar Bineshtarigh | Untitled (Ghazal no.50) | 2021 | Printing ink on canvas
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
Image: John-Michael Metelerkamp | bulooga | 2021 | Acrylic on canvas
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
Image: Olaf Bisschoff. Untitled | 40x50cm. Oil on canvas. 2021
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021 at Nel
envy
It has been with us as long as we have existed.
Known as the worst of all human emotions.
The Green Monster.
One of the Deadly Sins.
Art is no stranger to envy, either as the subject or as being the cause of it.
Nel focuses light on Envy.
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021
Image: Olaf Bisschoff. Untitled | 40x50cm. Oil on canvas. 2021
Image: John-Michael Metelerkamp | bulooga | 2021 | Acrylic on canvas
Image: Kamyar Bineshtarigh | Untitled (Ghazal no.50) | 2021 | Printing
ink on canvas
Image: Asha Zero | Neutral word control / Lead cloak | 2021 | Collage on
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It has been with us as long as we have existed.
Known as the worst of all human emotions.
The Green Monster.
One of the Deadly Sins.
Art is no stranger to envy, either as the subject or as being the cause of it.
Nel focuses light on Envy.
Group exhibition | Envy on show until 14/10/2021
Image: Olaf Bisschoff. Untitled | 40x50cm. Oil on canvas. 2021
Image: John-Michael Metelerkamp | bulooga | 2021 | Acrylic on canvas
Image: Kamyar Bineshtarigh | Untitled (Ghazal no.50) | 2021 | Printing
ink on canvas
Image: Asha Zero | Neutral word control / Lead cloak | 2021 | Collage on
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Asha Zero " motor response / careful writer " + " neutral word control / lead cloak " Collage 15 x 21 cm 2021 / ENVY group exhibition / Nel Gallery / Cape Town