At the Guggenheim Museum, it explains that she is involved through spirituality with religious and occult teaching. Most notably Theosophy studies various religions, both inner and mystical side of many philosophies. In her first series, "The Ten Largest", her first few artworks was not based on concept. For it focuses on the simplified lines, biomorphic shapes, and combination of pastel and saturated colors.
Rudolf Steiner's book on Theosophy talks an interesting note about the concept as "The soul does not yet see, but this feeling allows the power of truth to take hold of it, so that truth then gradually draws near the soul and opens its 'higher sense.'" (Steiner 15). This is very interesting due to her earlier sketches are all around the pages. The sketches allow you to see process that her mind is able to deliver through various lines and biomorphic shapes that translate into her large-scale paintings. Her paintings brings changes of her ideas. Some paintings being part of the ideas of gender and using very light fluid imagery with words added to theories of Darwin's concept of evolution and depicts the ideas of Theosophy where evolution would extend beyond biology and adding more complexity to her paintings. She adds elements of symbols that depict to something grand and more universal. She also shows a lot of geometric shapes, really think about the ideas of nature and science to which it combines together two subjects that work together.
In her final group of "The Altarpieces" from The paintings for the Temple is seen as a summary of the series. The painting "No. 17, 1915", shows a big circle with a circle and another circle and in each circle. There is a sense of duality, where the color and size differ from each other or at least the colors split in half. In the middle of her painting, there is a small triangle which is also divided. What is interesting to see that everything is so geometric and very precise yet the way she implies paint is very gestural and you can see the brush strokes and she doesn't try to hide it. She lets those brushstrokes stay, showing that the art making process is more valued than making it perfect.
Among the works of religious and spirituality it applies in some her works, mostly spirituality. She is also emphasizing how important the messages her art is expressing. Similar to the Abstract art, there are a lot of of the same techniques af Klint has used but it also expressed a certain feeling that transmit to the audience. Her long series has changed throughout time where the series becomes more of an investigation progression in her art style but also her beliefs or manifesting ideas that were far beyond her time.
In theosophy, it applies to not just one religion, it interprets difference religions, meaning it incorporates different ideas and norms to shape their beliefs and lifestyle. In term of my identity, I think it spirituality takes certain elements of how. My culture has a lot of religious impact but I do not define myself with those practices. For myself, it feels very restricted to have one idea about how life is supposed to be perceived. The point of life is learning about different ideologies and you make the choice of what you want to make your life.
www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/who-was-hilma-af-klint-at-the-guggenheim-paintings-by-an-artist-ahead-of-her-time.
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| Hilma af Klint, The Eros Series No. 2, from Group III Series WU/Rose 1907 |
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| Hilma af Klint, Evolution No. 13, form Group VI Series WUS/ Seven-Pointed Star 1908 |
In her final group of "The Altarpieces" from The paintings for the Temple is seen as a summary of the series. The painting "No. 17, 1915", shows a big circle with a circle and another circle and in each circle. There is a sense of duality, where the color and size differ from each other or at least the colors split in half. In the middle of her painting, there is a small triangle which is also divided. What is interesting to see that everything is so geometric and very precise yet the way she implies paint is very gestural and you can see the brush strokes and she doesn't try to hide it. She lets those brushstrokes stay, showing that the art making process is more valued than making it perfect.
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| Hilma af Klint, The Swan No. 17, from Group IX Series SUW/UW 1914-15 |
Among the works of religious and spirituality it applies in some her works, mostly spirituality. She is also emphasizing how important the messages her art is expressing. Similar to the Abstract art, there are a lot of of the same techniques af Klint has used but it also expressed a certain feeling that transmit to the audience. Her long series has changed throughout time where the series becomes more of an investigation progression in her art style but also her beliefs or manifesting ideas that were far beyond her time.
In theosophy, it applies to not just one religion, it interprets difference religions, meaning it incorporates different ideas and norms to shape their beliefs and lifestyle. In term of my identity, I think it spirituality takes certain elements of how. My culture has a lot of religious impact but I do not define myself with those practices. For myself, it feels very restricted to have one idea about how life is supposed to be perceived. The point of life is learning about different ideologies and you make the choice of what you want to make your life.
www.guggenheim.org/blogs/checklist/who-was-hilma-af-klint-at-the-guggenheim-paintings-by-an-artist-ahead-of-her-time.
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