Notes

‘I don’t particularly belong to any school of art. It’s a mixture of expressionism and impressionism – but I like to call myself a Dreamer-Imaginist.’ Gladys Mgudlandlu

Concurring, Elza Miles has noted that the artist’s method of free interpretation is untainted by formalist techniques.1 In The Fall, the dream-like quality of the work is an interpretative depiction of Adam and Eve driven out of Eden.

¹ Elza Miles (2002). Nomfanekiso Who Paints at Night: The art of Gladys Mgudlandlu, Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press, page 36.

Literature

Elza Miles (2002). Nomfanekiso Who Paints at Night: The art of Gladys Mgudlandlu, Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press. Illustrated in colour on page 61, plate 61.