House and Leisure – August 2019

AUG 79 SEP

HOUSE/ RIVONIA

TEXT GARRETH VAN NIEKERK PHOTOGRAPHS ELSA YOUNG

Alive with the emblems and icons of his extraordinary life

and travels, the home and studio of renowned artist Karel

Nel are like stepping into one of his mesmerising works

a life of art

THIS SPREAD

Mudhif, named

in memory of

architect Norman

Eaton and artist

Alexis Preller and

inspired by the

traditional reed

structures of the

Marsh Arabs of

Southern Iraq, is

the Johannesburg

home and studio

of the artist and

curator Karel Nel.