During the last years of the 1910s, Hilma af Klint created several series of small paintings in which she systematically explored an abstract idiom with the help of ruler and compasses. The triangles, squares, circles, and ellipses that appear here in constantly new constellations express a spiritual dynamic, according to af Klint’s notebooks from these years. Hilma af Klint considered this work a kind of research, and she used ‘spiritual scientific’ methods – a term borrowed from anthroposophy – in order to understand the evolution and development of mankind. In her studies of living beings, she gained insight into an abstract world of geometrical conditions and guidelines.
Ithell Colquhoun: Genius of the Fern Loved Gully by Amy Hale
In art history discussions British Surrealism is often an under-represented topic as is one of its most important pioneers – Ithell Colquhoun. But there is more to and more to say about Colquhon than her on-off relationship with Surrealism as Amy Hale makes strongly apparent in her biography of this intriguing artist. Born in India in…
From Notes and Methods by Hilma af Klint. Published by the University of Chicago Press and Christine Burgin.Page 184:6/3/1919. Oxalis acetosella. Direction lines: Sensitivity—Devotion. Timidity—Humility. Trepidation—Reverence. Self-contempt—Obedience.6/3/1919. Prunus domestica. Direction lines: Effort to refine the blood and to achieve balance between the various blood cells.
