Kurt Almqvist

Hilma af Klint

This unique volume contains the last abstract images series made by Hilma af Klint in the 1920's which are previously unpublished in their entirety. These images are followed by groundbreaking essays based on lectures given in conjunction to the exhibition "Hilma af Klint - Painting the Unseen" at Serpentine Galleries in 2016. Briony Fer, David Lomas, Branden Joseph, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Daniel Birnbaum shed new light on the pioneering abstract artist af Klint and her importance for artists today. They also address a need for an evolved understanding of art history in the 21st century.

Seeing is Believing

Hilma Af Klint

Harriette

Af Klint believed that achieving a state of balance between the two sexes could bring about spiritual development. Hedvig Martin observes that in her personal life af Klint searched for her own 'dual Soul, believing that every human had a soulmate either on earth or on the spirit plane. She notes that the artist sometimes took on a male role in opposition to her female friends and referred to herself in her notebooks as 'he' or the hook of the eye Through such commentary we understand that af Klint's interest in dualism was not theoretical but carried through to the way she lived her life, and to her own experiences of love, Sex and gender, which ran counter to the norms of her time. 

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