Carol Mangiagalli is a Caledon-based artist who is well-known and admired for her naive paintings of local landscapes, fynbos still-life compositions and scenes from every day life. ‘Table Mountain Revisited‘ is her first solo exhibition since 2012 and Chandler House is delighted to welcome her joyful work into the Voorkamer Gallery after a very strange and challenging year.
Painted during the national lockdown, the show features 18 works, all of which feature our iconic Table Mountain. As the paintings were created in the artist’s Caledon home, the works are largely painted from memory which have been aided by Carol’s fertile imagination, a strong sense of narrative and a dash of whimsy. The pandemic appears in the work quietly as if to acknowledge the event, but not to allow it to take front stage. The child-like rendering of Table Mountain, and the scenes below, serve as a gentle reminder that in tough times it can be helpful to look at the world through the eyes of a child. Mangiagalli would like us to believe that wonder, optimism and joy will help us reclaim our old lives that many of us feel have been lost.
‘Table Mountain Revisited’ will be up for the month of November.
For all sales and inquiries, please contact Chandler House directly:
(t): 021 424 4810
Cape Town in the Time of Corona
R64 000
Stormy Seas at the Cape
R58 000
Cape Town of Dreams
R48 000
Cape Town Long Ago
R48 000
COVID Medics on the Grand Parade
R30 000, sold
Table Bay
R45 000
The N2 into the City
R22 000
Fynbos in a Vase
R22 000, sold
Lock Down Building
R20 000
The Shell Collector
R12 000, sold
Summer in Cape Town
R22 000, sold
View from the Verandah
R22 000, sold
Table Mountain Sofa
R12 000
The South Easter in the Avenue
R15 000
The Flower Pickers
R20 000
Moonlit Mountain
R15 000
A Picnic below the Mountain
R16 000
Boom Box
R16 000
A Small Series of Paper-Mâché Works
Mountains and Sea (Front)
R2 200
Mountains and Sea (Reverse)
Angels above the Mountain (Front)
R1 600
Angels above the Mountain (Reverse)
Lockdown House (Front)
R1 400, sold
Lockdown House (Reverse)
The Clocktower at the Shops (Front)
R1 400
The Clocktower at the Shops (Reverse)
All Day Lock Down (Front)
R1 400
All Day Lock Down (Reverse)
Fynbos Chair I
R6 500
*Detail of the Painted Seat
Fynbos Chair II
R6 500
*Detail of the Painted Seat
A Pair of Hinged and Painted Wooden ‘Overberg Landscape’ Shutters
R9 000, sold
The back of the shutter
