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Résumé : The second installment in an epic and authoritative sevenvolume Hilma af Klint catalogue raisonné: the pioneering abstractionist's beloved 'The Paintings for the Temple' series00Between 1906 and 1915 Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) created 193 paintings that she would title The Paintings for the Temple Colorful mostly abstract with biomorphic imagery these works expressed af Klint?s mediumistic vision of spiritual reality which she hoped would ultimately be installed in a round temple for true spiritual comprehension and enlightenment Since the internationally acclaimed Guggenheim exhibition of 201819 these works have come to number among her most popular defining and beloved00This handsomely produced clothbound volume collects these paintings in the second of a projected and collectible sevenvolume catalogue raisonné that will present the entirety of af Klint?s work in its dazzling totality for the first time Produced in cooperation with the Axel and Margart Ax:son Johnson Foundation it features introductions by Daniel Birnbaum former head of Moderna Museet in Stockholm Sweden and architect of the grand af Klint exhibitions between 2013 and 2019 and Kurt Almqvist President of the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit

Résumé : The drawings in this first volume of a new catalogue raisonné represent an intense tenyear period of Hilma af Klint's (1862-1944) life that would lay the foundation for her later achievements In 1896 af Klint and four other women formed The Five a group steeped in the spiritualist beliefs permeating Europe at that time including theosophy Rosicrucianism and other strains of liberal religious thought From 1896 to 1907 The Five engaged in a daily systematic method of spiritual experimentation During séances Hilma af Klint drew automatic spiritual sketches based on the messages that the medium (not always the same member communicated from the spirits the group summoned The elaborate system of symbols geometry and biological imagery that characterize her work all find their origin during this period

Résumé : Tout au long de sa vie, la pionnière de l'art abstrait a utilisé des méthodes axées sur la recherche pour tenter de comprendre les contextes spirituels du monde. Elle a étudié les plantes et d'autres objets non vivants à travers le prisme de la géométrie, considérant la nature comme un système parfait qui n'attend qu'à être observé de près par le genre humain. Ce concept est analysé de manière détaillée dans ce cinquième volume de son catalogue raisonné.

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