Hilma af Klint: The Art of Seeing the Invisible

An extensive critical examination of the art by Hilma af Klint In this thorough critical appraisal, 20 specialists on modern art, art history, philosophy and religious studies examine the unique art, the cultural circumstances and art-historical positioning of Swedish abstractionist Hilma af Klint. Topics explored range from early abstract art and the impact of Darwinism to Goethe’s colour theory, as well as the importance of occult religious movements such as theosophy and anthroposophy that influenced the early modernists, and discussions of af Klint’s own personal diary notes and research. The book is based on the seminars that were held in conjunction with the exhibition Hilma af Klint: A Pioneer of Abstraction in 2013. This extremely successful exhibition attracted a record number of visitors to the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, after which it continued to the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. Contributors inlcude: Marty Bax, Director of Bax Art Concepts, The Netherlands. Daniel Birnbaum, Artistic director of Acute Art, London. Briony Fer, Professor of History of Art at University College London. Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, University of Amsterdam. Stephen Kern, Humanities fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Marco Pasi, Associate Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents, University of Amsterdam. Gertrud Sandqvist, Professor of Art Theory and the History of Ideas, and Principal of Malmö Art Academy. Helmut Zander, Professor of Religious Studies in the Faculty for Catholic Theology at the University of Fribourg.