Karel Nel
Exact Imagination

Exact Imagination
300 Years of Botanically Inspired Art in South Africa
Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg
8 November – 6 December 2014

Works include Forest Veil by Karel Nel, Elegies to the Forest and traditional grass objects from his collection, alongside early tomes of botanical engravings, a letter from Cook written to the Admiralty from Alphen in regard to funding for his second voyage, and other contemporary works.

Catalogue available with essay by Cyril Coetzee