Artist: Thomas Cartwright
Essays by: Pippa Skotnes, Natasha Norman, John Cartwright
Gallery: Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
Dates: 27 November 2014 – 11 December 2014
Website: http://thomascartwright.co.za/work/36-views-of-table-mountain/
Pages: 110
In a homage to Hokusai’s 36 views of Mount Fuji, which showed Mount Fuji from a wide array of perspectives, 36 views of Table Mountain marks Thomas Cartwright’s first solo exhibition at the Everard Read Gallery in Cape Town. Juxtaposing this natural wonder of the world and the urban infrastructures of Cape Town, Cartwright references this feature of the Mother City rendering 36 unique moments with simplicity and elegance. From far-away viewpoints to close up, within the city centre and out into the more obscure outskirts of the peninsula, none of the paintings are the perfect postcard image we have come to expect of this beautiful city. Instead the artist investigates angles and toys with perspectives from the rooftops of the more affluent suburbs through to gritty motorways. This showcases an ever-so-slightly familiar Table Mountain and awakens in his audience new stories about what we thought we already knew.
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