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At the turn of the twentieth century, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint
(1862–1944) created a body of work that left visible reality
behind, exploring the radical possibilities of abstraction years
before Vasily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, or Piet Mondrian. Many
consider her the first trained artist to create abstract paintings.
With Hilma af Klint: Notes and Methods, we get to experience the
arc of Klint’s artistic investigation in her own words. Hilma af
Klint studied at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm where she
was part of the first generation of female students. Up until the
beginning of the century, she painted mainly landscapes and
detailed botanical studies. Her work from this period was that of a
young artist of her time who meticulously observed the world around
her. But, like many of her contemporaries, af Klint was also
interested in the invisible relationships that shape our world,
believing strongly in a spiritual dimension. She joined the
Theosophical Society, and, with four fellow female members who
together called themselves “The Five,” began to study
mediumship. Between 1906 and 1915, purportedly guided by a higher
power, af Klint created 193 individual works that, in both scale
and scope of imagery, are like no other art created at that time.
Botanically inspired images and mystical symbols, diagrams, words
and geometric series, all form part af Klint’s abstract language.
These abstract techniques would not be seen again until years
later. Notes and Methods presents facsimile reproductions of a wide
array of af Klint’s early notebooks accompanied by the first
English translation of af Klint’s extensive writings. It contains
the rarely seen “Blue Notebooks,” hand-painted and annotated
catalogues af Klint created of her most famous series “Paintings
for the Temple,” and a dictionary compiled by af Klint of the
words and letters found in her work. An introduction by Iris
Müller-Westermann illuminates this unique and important
contribution to the legacy of Hilma af Klint.
General
Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2018 |
Authors: |
Hilma Af Klint
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Introduction by: |
Iris Muller-Westermann
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Commentary by: |
Iris Muller-Westermann
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Dimensions: |
279 x 216 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
288 |
Edition: |
Annotated edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-59193-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-226-59193-X |
Barcode: |
9780226591933 |
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