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Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian : forms of life / edited by Nabila Abdel Nabi, Briony Fer and Laura Stamps.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Tate Publishing, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781849768443
  • 1849768447
  • 9781849768450
  • 1849768455
Other title:
  • Forms of life
Contained works:
  • Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944 Works. Selections
  • Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944 Works. Selections
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 751.426 23
  • 759.85 23
LOC classification:
  • ND793.K63 A4 2023
  • ND1460.N38 H55 2023
  • ND196.A2 H55 2023
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. A Vegetal Universe / Briony Fer -- The Spiritualised Landscape / Benno Tempel -- The Beauty of Everyday Life / Janice McNab -- Spiritual Architectures / Daniel Birnbaum -- Hilma af Klint and The Atom / Linda Dalrymple Henderson -- Reflections : How a Line Comes to Life / Michael Marder -- 2. Evolution (Not Revolution) -- Horoscope as 'Spiritual Science' / Wietse Coppes -- An Eye for Pink / Caro Verbeek -- Hilma af Klint and Rudolf Steiner / Hedvig Martin -- Hilma af Klint and The Five / Simon Grant -- Hilma af Klint's Hand-painted Photographs and The Blue Books / Jessica Höglund -- Reflections : Varieties of Modern Enchantments / Marco Pasi -- 3. Life of Forms: Theosophy, Technology and Transnational Modernism / Nabila Abdel Nabi -- A New Health Era / Laura Stamps -- Mondrian Through the Microscope / Michael White -- The Etherial Worldview of the Early Twentieth Century / Linda Dalrymple Henderson -- Nature and 'Abstract' Art / Brandon Taylor -- Neo-plasticism as Evolution of Cubism / Wietse Coppes -- Reflections : Making Kin / Frances Morris -- Notes -- List of works -- Index.
Summary: "Although they never met, af Klint and Mondrian both invented their own languages of abstract art rooted in nature. At the heart of both of their artistic journeys was a shared desire to understand the forces behind life on earth. Best known for his abstract work, Mondrian in fact began his career -- like af Klint -- as a landscape painter. Alongside Mondrian's abstract compositions, you will see the rarely exhibited paintings of flowers he continued to create throughout his life. Also on display will be enigmatic works by af Klint in which natural forms become a pathway to abstraction. Both artists shared an interest in new ideas of scientific discovery, spirituality and philosophy. Af Klint was also a medium, and this exhibition showcases the large-scale, otherworldly paintings she believed were commissioned by higher powers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Catalog of an exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, April 20 - September 3, 2023, and at Kunstmuseum Den Haag, October 7, 2023 - February 25, 2024.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222) and index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. A Vegetal Universe / Briony Fer -- The Spiritualised Landscape / Benno Tempel -- The Beauty of Everyday Life / Janice McNab -- Spiritual Architectures / Daniel Birnbaum -- Hilma af Klint and The Atom / Linda Dalrymple Henderson -- Reflections : How a Line Comes to Life / Michael Marder -- 2. Evolution (Not Revolution) -- Horoscope as 'Spiritual Science' / Wietse Coppes -- An Eye for Pink / Caro Verbeek -- Hilma af Klint and Rudolf Steiner / Hedvig Martin -- Hilma af Klint and The Five / Simon Grant -- Hilma af Klint's Hand-painted Photographs and The Blue Books / Jessica Höglund -- Reflections : Varieties of Modern Enchantments / Marco Pasi -- 3. Life of Forms: Theosophy, Technology and Transnational Modernism / Nabila Abdel Nabi -- A New Health Era / Laura Stamps -- Mondrian Through the Microscope / Michael White -- The Etherial Worldview of the Early Twentieth Century / Linda Dalrymple Henderson -- Nature and 'Abstract' Art / Brandon Taylor -- Neo-plasticism as Evolution of Cubism / Wietse Coppes -- Reflections : Making Kin / Frances Morris -- Notes -- List of works -- Index.

"Although they never met, af Klint and Mondrian both invented their own languages of abstract art rooted in nature. At the heart of both of their artistic journeys was a shared desire to understand the forces behind life on earth. Best known for his abstract work, Mondrian in fact began his career -- like af Klint -- as a landscape painter. Alongside Mondrian's abstract compositions, you will see the rarely exhibited paintings of flowers he continued to create throughout his life. Also on display will be enigmatic works by af Klint in which natural forms become a pathway to abstraction. Both artists shared an interest in new ideas of scientific discovery, spirituality and philosophy. Af Klint was also a medium, and this exhibition showcases the large-scale, otherworldly paintings she believed were commissioned by higher powers"-- Provided by publisher.

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