Hilma af klint utställning 2020
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Hilma af Klint
During the spring and summer of , Moderna Museet Malmö will give its visitors an opportunity to become acquainted with the fascinating and ground-breaking Swedish artist Hilma af Klint in a comprehensive redovisning. The exhibition will present, among other works, the series “The Ten Largest,” which will be shown in it’s entirety.
In , Moderna Museet presented Hilma af Klint: Abstract pionjär, which became the most visited exhibition of a Swedish artist in the museum’s history. Since then, Hilma af Klint’s work has traveled the world, encountered new audiences, and won new recognition, most recently at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Starting on April 4, , a new and comprehensive exhibition with Hilma af Klint (–) will be on view at Moderna Museet malm. The exhibition will include “The Ten Largest”—ten paintings from in a monumental format and with a color palette that challenged the dominant canon of the day.
The exhibition will feature further works from the series “The Paintings for the Temple” as well as a urval that examines the artist’s research into the natural world and how the visible and invisible worlds are connected. In addition, the ext
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Hilma af Klint
Swedish artist (–)
Hilma af Klint (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈhɪ̂lːmaˈɑːvˈklɪnːt]; 26 October – 21 October ) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered among the first major abstract works in Western art history.[1] A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian.[2] She belonged to a group called "The Five", comprising a circle of women inspired by Theosophy, who shared a belief in the importance of trying to contact the so-called "High Masters"—often by way of séances.[3] Her paintings, which sometimes resemble diagrams, were a visual representation of complex spiritual ideas.[4]
Early life
[edit]Hilma af Klint was the fourth child of Mathilda af Klint (née Sonntag) and Captain Victor af Klint, a Swedish naval commander, and she spent summers with her family at their manor, "Hanmora", on the island of Adelsö in Lake Mälaren. In these idyllic surroundings she came into contact with nature at an early stage in her life, and a deep association with natural forms was to be an inspiration in her work. Later in life, Hilma a
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Hilma af Klint
Only after her death did Hilma af Klint become world famous for her art. Today she is considered one of the greatest abstract artists. She dreamed of a spiral-shaped building to house her most important works, but the idea never materialized. More than a century later, af Klint’s vision is now being interpreted in a captivating VR experience bringing to life some of the artist’s most important paintings. Welcome to Fotografiska Stockholm to experience the unique exhibit Hilma af Klint –The Temple from December 22 to January 7.
A unique VR experience at Fotografiska
Now Fotografiska Stockholm invites you to a unique virtual reality experience of Hilma af Klint’s art in an interpretation of the artist’s dream: the Temple. In the experience, you are taken on a cosmic journey through the Milky Way into Hilma af Klint’s temple, where some of her most important paintings that have been brought to life.
Cosmic journey into Hilma af Klint's temple
Long after her death, the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (–) is taking the art world by storm. From virtual anonymity, she is today equated with the greatest abstract artists, and her work is considered ground