HILMA AF KLINT PAINTINGS FOR THE FUTURE.

Author: Bashkoff, Tracy ed.
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2018
No. of pages: 244
Illustrations: 220 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11”x 8 1/2
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9780892075430
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh. Bibl. Bio.
Code: 7157

Price: $99.50

Accompanying the first major survey exhibition of the artist's work in the United States, Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future represents her groundbreaking painting series while expanding recent scholarship to present the fullest picture yet of her life and art. Essays explore the social, intellectual and artistic context of af Klint's 1906 break with figuration and her subsequent development, placing her in the context of Swedish modernism and folk art traditions, contemporary scientific discoveries, and spiritualist and occult movements. A roundtable discussion among contemporary artists, scholars and curators considers af Klint's sources and relevance to art in the 21st century. The volume also delves into her unrealized plans for a spiral-shaped temple in which to display her art--a wish that finds a fortuitous answer in the Guggenheim Museum's rotunda, the site of the exhibition.