BEYOND THE VISIBLE: HILMA AF KLINT
BEYOND THE VISIBLE - HILMA AF KLINT
11th January - 19HS - SALA MACA - 93'.
Halina Dyrschka (2020).
Hilma af Klint was an abstract artist before the term existed, a visionary and pioneering figure who, inspired by spiritualism, modern science and the riches of the natural world around her, began in 1906 to produce a series of huge, colourful, sensual and strange works of art unprecedented in painting. Af Klint was for years an almost forgotten figure in art historical discourse, before her long-delayed rediscovery in a highly successful retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum. Director Halina Dryschka's dazzling documentary aims to correct the course of history, describing not only af Klint's life and craft, but also the process of her mischaracterisation and how she has been erased by both a patriarchal narrative of artistic progress and the capitalist determination of artistic value.