Karel Nel: Close and Far

Description

Close and Far is loosely based on a survey exhibition of Karel Nel’s work held at Wits Art Museum. The book explores Nel’s wide-ranging interests and lifelong engagement over four decades with the role of thought and consciousness in our interpretation of the world and the universe.The Preface by Federico Freschi, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at
the University of Johannesburg, offers an insightful introduction to Nel’s work, before the book embarks on analysis of the thirty works exhibited.