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.
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