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Art should reflect society but this can only happen with society. Artist owned and directed, Nel has an inclusive, multi-disciplinary approach.
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117 Long Street, Cape Town
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8001
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Tuesday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Wednesday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Thursday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Friday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
Saturday | 10:00 - 14:00 |
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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’
Everybody is welcome.