Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint
Year: 2019Certificate: u
- Director:
- Halina Dyrschka
- Cast:
- Iris Müller-Westermann, Josiah McElheny, Ulla af Klint, Johan af Klint, Elisabet af Klint
- Running Time:
- 94 mins
- Language:
- Swedish, English, German
- English Subtitles:
- Yes
- Country of Origin:
- Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Genre(s):
- Documentary, Film
- Formats:
Hilma af Klint was an abstract artist before the term existed, a visionary, trailblazing figure who, inspired by spiritualism, modern science, and the riches of the natural world around her, began in 1906 to reel out a series of huge, colourful, sensual, strange works without precedent in painting.
The subject of a recent smash retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, af Klint was for years an all-but-forgotten figure in art historical discourse.
Her work inspired some of the most celebrated contemporary artists like Josef Albers, Paul Klee, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Mondrian, Kandinsky…