Mumbai Mumbai

Eight days to go before the Caroline’s very first international exhibition. I’ve come out ahead of Caroline to finalize all the exhibition details and do some marketing.

My first impressions of Mumbai? It’s mindboggling massive and busy. Take Cape Town and multiple it by a hundred.

I’m staying in Mumbai Central, which I have been told, is one of the oldest parts of Mumbai. It is bursting from the seams with people and buildings. Being one of the oldest parts also means that it is one of the poorest parts and also that most buildings have not been maintained properly over the years. The place does however have its charms. After five or six o’clock in the evening things really come alive. Where and whenever in Mumbai there are always thousands of people around you, but after 5pm or 6pm they double. The streets are light up brightly by the lights from the stalls of traders. The energy in the air is intense and there is a sense of everlasting excitement.

I have visited the store where we will be exhibiting Caroline’s work, Hestia, and it is really beautiful. Her work will look beautiful in there.

More will be revealed on Monday! Caroline will be arriving in Mumbai on Tuesday. It looks like the exhibition has already drawn attention, with Caroline being invited to possibly meet with the South African ambassador once she is here.

Niel