Hilma af Klint - tree of knowledge / Julia Voss ; text by Susan Aberth, Suzan Frecon, Max Rosenberg ; contributions by Helen Molesworth, Joy Harjo, William Glassley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Voss, Julia, 1974- contributor.

Aberth, Susan L., econtributor.

Frecon, Suzan, 1941- contributor.

Rosenberg, Max (Art historian), contributor.

Molesworth, Helen, 1966- contributor.

Harjo, Joy, contributor.

Glassley, William E., contributor.

David Zwirner (Gallery), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944--Exhibitions.

Klint, Hilma af.

Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Tree of knowledge

Place of Publication:

New York : David Zwirner Books, 2023.

Summary:

One of the most inventive artists of the twentieth century, af Klint was a pioneer of abstraction. Her first forays into nonobjective painting 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 Tree of Knowledge. This rarely seen series of works on paper renders orbital, enigmatic forms, visual allegories of unification and separateness, darkness and light, beginning and end, life and death, and spirit and matter.0Published on the occasion of the exhibition Hilma af Klint: Tree of Knowledge at David Zwirner, New York, in 2021 and David Zwirner, London, in 2022, this book features a text by the art historian Susan Aberth examining af Klint?s spiritual and theosophical influences. With a conversation between curator Helen Molesworth and the US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo discussing connections between Tree of Knowledge and Native theories, the publication broadens the scope of philosophical interpretations of af Klint?s timeless work. Also 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 recognized in its time.00Exhibition: David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA (03.11.2021-29.01.2022) / David Zwirner Gallery, London, UK (02.03-02.04.2022).

Notes:

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at David Zwirner New York in 2021 and David Zwirner London in 2022.

Contains:

Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9781644230848

1644230844

OCLC:

1371817862