{"title":"Hilma af Klint","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the visionary world of \u003cstrong\u003eHilma af Klint\u003c\/strong\u003e through works that blend artistic innovation with spiritual exploration. These books delve into af Klint’s abstract compositions and offer insight into her groundbreaking sketches, revealing the intricate layers behind her art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom detailed sketchbooks to evocative graphic narratives, this collection captures the essence of af Klint’s creative journey. Readers interested in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and visual storytelling will find a unique perspective on one of modern art’s most enigmatic figures.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hilma-af-klint-tree-of-knowledge-by-julia-voss-9781644230848","title":"Hilma af Klint: Tree of Knowledge","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevelatory and sublime...Her work remains conceptually open enough for viewers to draw their own conclusions, insert their own meaning and feel transported to other glorious worlds.\u003c\/i\u003e - The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most inventive artists of the twentieth century, Hilma af Klint was a pioneer of abstraction. Her first forays into her imaginative non-objective painting long preceded the work of Kandinsky and Mondrian and radically mined the fields of science and religion. Deeply interested in spiritualism and philosophy, af Klint developed an iconography that explores esoteric concepts in metaphysics, as demonstrated in \u003ci\u003eTree of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis rarely seen series of watercolours renders orbital, enigmatic forms, visual allegories of unification and separateness, darkness and light, beginning and end, life and death, and spirit and matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of the exhibition \u003ci\u003eHilma af Klint: Tree of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e at David Zwirner New York in 2021 and David Zwirner London in 2022, this catalogue features a text by the art historian Susan Aberth examining af Klint's spiritual and anthroposophical influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a conversation between the curator Helen Molesworth and the US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo discussing connections between \u003ci\u003eTree of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e and native theories about plant knowledge, the publication broadens the scope of philosophical interpretations of af Klint's timeless work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included is a newly commissioned essay by the celebrated af Klint scholar Julia Voss, a contribution by the artist Suzan Frecon, and a text by art historian Max Rosenberg that further develops the conversation around why af Klint's work was not recognised in its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833141252332,"sku":"9781644230848","price":110.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11212813482773.jpg?v=1758438583"},{"product_id":"the-five-lives-of-hilma-af-klint-by-julia-voss-9781644230695","title":"The Five Lives of Hilma af Klint","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving biography, told in vivid illustrations, this graphic novel features key moments in the life of Swedish artist and pioneer of abstract painting Hilma af Klint (1862-1944). Long-underrecognised, af Klint's sensational rediscovery continues to take art audiences by storm.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Philipp Deines traces the story of now world-famous af Klint's unique life and groundbreaking oeuvre through five chapters featuring her development as an artist, her family background, and her relationship to the spiritual. Highlighting how she came to her distinctive paintings, her spiritual quest, and the friends who helped her, this is a story of the strength it took af Klint to continue as an artist against all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully drawn, brightly coloured, and well-researched, this graphic novel is a new way of looking at the story of an artist. Referencing Julia Voss's new biography of af Klint, Deines presents an accessible and lively introduction for many ages. Biography, art history, and contemporary narrative style merge and complement each other in these magnificent visual worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082790584556,"sku":"9781644230695","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11211283482773.jpg?v=1765277575"},{"product_id":"hilma-af-klint-by-hilma-af-klint-9780226591933","title":"Hilma af Klint","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) created a body of work that left visible reality behind, exploring the radical possibilities of abstraction years before Vasily Kandinsky, Kazimir Malevich, or Piet Mondrian. Many consider her the first trained artist to create abstract paintings. With \u003ci\u003eHilma af Klint: Notes and Methods\u003c\/i\u003e, we get to experience the arc of af Klint’s artistic investigation in her own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHilma af Klint studied at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm where she was part of the first generation of female students. Up until the beginning of the century, she painted mainly landscapes and detailed botanical studies. Her work from this period was that of a young artist of her time who meticulously observed the world around her. But, like many of her contemporaries, af Klint was also interested in the invisible relationships that shape our world, believing strongly in a spiritual dimension. She joined the Theosophical Society, and with four fellow female members who together called themselves “The Five,” began to study mediumship. Between 1906 and 1915, purportedly guided by a higher power, af Klint created 193 individual works that, in both scale and scope of imagery, are like no other art created at that time. Botanically inspired images and mystical symbols, diagrams, words, and geometric series, all form part of af Klint’s abstract language. These abstract techniques would not be seen again until years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes and Methods\u003c\/i\u003e presents facsimile reproductions of a wide array of af Klint’s early notebooks accompanied by the first English translation of af Klint’s extensive writings. It contains the rarely seen “Blue Notebooks,” hand-painted and annotated catalogues af Klint created of her most famous series “Paintings for the Temple,” and a dictionary compiled by af Klint of the words and letters found in her work. This extraordinary collection is edited by and copublished with Christine Burgin, and features an introduction by Iris Müller-Westermann. It will stand as an important and timely contribution to the legacy of Hilma af Klint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460914397420,"sku":"9780226591933","price":102.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/815265be9cebeab912a1896b3d73051b.jpg?v=1775016418"},{"product_id":"hilma-af-klint-the-fives-sketchbooks-nos-s2-s6-and-s13-by-hilma-af-klint-9789189425415","title":"Hilma af Klint: The Five’s Sketchbooks, Nos. S2, S6 and S13","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHilma af Klint: The Five’s Sketchbooks, Nos. S2, S6 and S13\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the fascinating story of Hilma af Klint, who was part of a group of female friends known as 'The Five'. This group was active between 1896 and 1908. Together with Anna Cassel, Cornelia Cederberg, Sigrid Hedman, and Mathilda Nilsson, af Klint was a member of the 'Edelweiss Society'—a group blending Christian ideas, Theosophy, and Spiritualism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Five believed they received messages from higher spirits they referred to as the High Masters. During their séances, they documented these messages in trance-like states through automatic writing and drawing. From this period, there are 15 sketchbooks, and Bokförlaget Stolpe is now offering a reproduction edition of three of them (S2 HaK 1515, S6 HaK 1519, and S13 HaK 1526). These sketchbooks will be sold together in a slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHilma af Klint, 1862-1944.\u003cbr\u003e\nAnna Cassel, 1860-1937.\u003cbr\u003e\nCornelia Cederberg, 1854-1933.\u003cbr\u003e\nSigrid Hedman, 1855-1922.\u003cbr\u003e\nMathilda Nilsson, 1844-1923.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47773004660972,"sku":"9789189425415","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0c8503ca8316466900f52450513073bb.jpg?v=1782341805"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/hilma-af-klint.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}