Hilma af Klint began creating very profoundly abstract works of art
around the year 1906. These boldly unique pieces were nothing like
what the world had seen before. She composed her art pieces along
with notes and calligraphy. Spiritualism and theosophy were heavily
incorporated in her artwork. “These modes of spiritual engagement
were widely popular across Europe and the United States especially
in literary and artistic circles—as people sought to reconcile
long-held religious beliefs with scientific advances and a new
awareness of the global plurality of religions. Af Klint’s first major
group of largely nonobjective work, The Paintings for the Temple,
grew directly out of those belief systems.” (Guggenheim, 21
Mar. 2019) Af Klint actually initiated her own spiritual circle with
four other females. They called themselves “De Fem” (The Five).
Af Klint was “grappling with the works she was committed to,
wanting them to be received in a safe space by a spiritually ready
audience.” (Wolkoff, 2018) In 1966, twenty two years after her
passing, Af Kint’s descendants were having difficulty finding
museums or even galleries that would host an af Klint exhibit. In
Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting, 1890–1985” exhibit. This
was the first time that the public experienced af Klint’s
transcendent paintings in person.
Certain aspects of Hilma’s technique seemed awfully balanced
and critically throughout, there are however also certain aspects
that seem more ponderous and scrambled. There were some
pieces that I would look at and think carelessly to myself saying
“wow, I can do that.” The marriage of these qualities however
developed into something truly captivating. Her work is a little
harder to digest, there is a lot more to unpack then what meets the
eye when you look at one of her paintings. At first sight one might 
just see , circles and squares, but there is a lot more to those
geometric figures. You can get lost on the internet researching these
kinds of artworks.
Overall I was very happy with my trip to the Guggenheim museum.
It was not a place where I had been before, but is a place that I will
visit again in the future. Apart from af Klint’s exhibit I saw some
other very profound amazing art pieces. I was a bit upset when I
reached the top of the cylinder like facility, which was a work of
art itself, but I had the pleasure of walking back to the entrance
and seeing all of the pieces again. Hilma af Klint was an
innovator, an artist who was before her time, her pieces today
embody the history of the future in artistry.
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