Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future

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Hilma af Klint's mesmerizing abstract art, kept private until her death in 1944, now captivates with mystical allure. With over 1,000 paintings unveiled posthumously, af Klint's avant-garde abstractions precede modernist pioneers like Kandinsky. Her spiritually charged, large-scale works intricately blend natural and geometric forms, text, and esoteric symbols, aiming to articulate an unseen, all-encompassing world order. "Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future," accompanying a landmark U.S. exhibition, unveils her groundbreaking series. Essays explore her 1906 departure from figuration, contextualizing her within Swedish modernism, folk art, scientific advancements, and occult movements. The volume also unravels her unrealized dream of a spiral-shaped temple, serendipitously fulfilled in the Guggenheim Museum's rotunda.

Hilma af Klint's mesmerizing abstract art, kept private until her death in 1944, now captivates with mystical allure. With over 1,000 paintings unveiled posthumously, af Klint's avant-garde abstractions precede modernist pioneers like Kandinsky. Her spiritually charged, large-scale works intricately blend natural and geometric forms, text, and esoteric symbols, aiming to articulate an unseen, all-encompassing world order. "Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future," accompanying a landmark U.S. exhibition, unveils her groundbreaking series. Essays explore her 1906 departure from figuration, contextualizing her within Swedish modernism, folk art, scientific advancements, and occult movements. The volume also unravels her unrealized dream of a spiral-shaped temple, serendipitously fulfilled in the Guggenheim Museum's rotunda.

Author: Edited with text by Tracey Bashkoff. Contributions by Tessel M. Bauduin, Daniel Birnbaum, Briony Fer, Vivien Greene, David Max Horowitz, Andrea Kollnitz, Helen Molesworth, Julia Voss.

Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications

Format: Hardcover

Condition: New