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A Pioneer of Abstraction – Del 1

Del 1 av 2. Medverkande talare: Iris Müller-Westermann - A Pioneer in Seclusion, David Lomas - Routes/Roots to Abstraction - Hilma af Klint and Botany. Panel: R. H. Quaytman och Briony Fer. Moderator: Mark Isitt.

Like Vassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich, who have previously been regarded as the main protagonists of abstract art, Hilma af Klint was influenced by contemporary spiritual movements, such as spiritism, theosophy and, later, anthroposophy. Hilma af Klint’s oeuvre builds on the awareness of a spiritual dimension of consciousness, an aspect that was being marginalized in an increasingly materialistic world. When she painted, she believed that a higher consciousness was speaking through her. In her astonishing works she combines geometric shapes and symbols with ornamentation. Her multifaceted imagery strives to give insights into the different dimensions of existence, where microcosm and macrocosm reflect one another.

 

Hilma af Klint left more than 1,000 paintings, watercolors and sketches. Although she exhibited her early, representational works, she refused to show her abstract paintings during her lifetime. In her will, she stipulated that these groundbreaking works must not be shown publicly until 20 years after her death. She was convinced that only then would the world be ready to understand their significance.

Inspelat på Engelsbergs herrgård februari 2013.

 

A Pioneer of Abstraction – Del 1

Hilma af Klint

Del 1 av 2. Medverkande talare: Iris Müller-Westermann - A Pioneer in Seclusion, David Lomas - Routes/Roots to Abstraction - Hilma af Klint and Botany. Panel: R. H. Quaytman och Briony Fer. Moderator: Mark Isitt.

Like Vassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich, who have previously been regarded as the main protagonists of abstract art, Hilma af Klint was influenced by contemporary spiritual movements, such as spiritism, theosophy and, later, anthroposophy. Hilma af Klint’s oeuvre builds on the awareness of a spiritual dimension of consciousness, an aspect that was being marginalized in an increasingly materialistic world. When she painted, she believed that a higher consciousness was speaking through her. In her astonishing works she combines geometric shapes and symbols with ornamentation. Her multifaceted imagery strives to give insights into the different dimensions of existence, where microcosm and macrocosm reflect one another.

 

Hilma af Klint left more than 1,000 paintings, watercolors and sketches. Although she exhibited her early, representational works, she refused to show her abstract paintings during her lifetime. In her will, she stipulated that these groundbreaking works must not be shown publicly until 20 years after her death. She was convinced that only then would the world be ready to understand their significance.

Inspelat på Engelsbergs herrgård februari 2013.

 

Publicerat 26 feb, 2013
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A Pioneer of Abstraction – Del 2

Del 2 av 2. Medverkande talare: Helmut Zander - Open Boundaries of Art and the Search for the True Religion in the Work of Hilma af Klint, Pascal Rousseau - Ultravision. Abstraction, Mediumism and Analogies. Panel: Raphael Rosenberg och Marco Pasi. Sammanfattning: Daniel Birnbaum. Moderator: Mark Isitt.
26 feb, 2013