Research Catalog

Title

Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian : forms of life / edited by Nabila Abdel Nabi, Briony Fer and Laura Stamps.

Publication

• London : Tate Publishing, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944.
• Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944.
• Abdel Nabi, Nabila
• Fer, Briony
• Stamps, Laura, 1979-
• Tempel, Benno
• McNab, Janice, 1964-
• Birnbaum, Daniel, 1963-
• Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution. his
• Kunstmuseum Den Haag, host institution. his

Description

240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 x 25 cm

Summary

"For the first time, the complex, symbiotic ecologies that sustained the practices of two of the twentieth-century's greatest painters are revealed. Although they never met, Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian shared a deep dynamic connection to the natural world and began their careers as landscape painters. For them, science and mysticism were not exclusive practices, but part of the same essential framework for understanding the life forces around them. Both artists engaged with science and esoteric thought as tools for exploring the underlying structures of nature and how they give meaning to art and life. Natural forms are abstracted to their atomic levels; cells evolve, dividing and expanding the canvas in colour; sinuous stems spiral into the ether whilst the crystalline formations of grids stretch out to form an infinite universe. Including works never before seen in the UK, this publication will elucidate and invigorate our understanding of two ground-breaking artists and will be sure to get synapses firing."--

Alternative Title

• Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian
• Forms of life

Subject

• Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944 > Exhibitions
• Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944 > Exhibitions
• Klint, Hilma af, 1862-1944
• Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944
• Painting, Abstract > Sweden > Exhibitions
• Painting, Abstract > Netherlands > Exhibitions
• Nature in art > Exhibitions
• Nature in art
• Painting, Abstract
• Netherlands
• Sweden

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "Although they never met, af Klint and Mondrian both invented their own languages of abstract art rooted in nature. At the heart of both of their artistic journeys was a shared desire to understand the forces behind life on earth."--Publisher's website (viewed on May 10, 2023)
• Catalog of an exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, from April 20 - September 3, 2023, and at Kunstmuseum Den Haag from October 7, 2023 - February 25, 2024.

Bibliography (note)

• Contains bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Frances Morris and Benno Tempel -- Introduction -- 1. A vegetal universe / Briony Fer ; The spiritualised landscape / Benno Tempel ; The beauty of everyday life / Janice McNab ; Spiritual architectures / Daniel Birnbaum ; Hilma af Klint and The Atom / Linda Dalrymple Henderson ; Reflections: How a line come to life / Michael Marder -- 2. Evolution (not revolution) / Laura Stamps ; Horoscope as 'spiritual science' / Wietse Coppes ; An eye for pink / Caro Verbeek ; Hilma af Klint and Rudolf Steiner / Hedvig Martin ; Hilma af Klint and the five / Simon Grant ; Hilma af Klint's hand-painted photographs and the blue books / Jessica Höglund ; Reflections: Varieties of modern enchantments / Marco Pasi -- 3. Life of forms: Theosophy, technology and transnational modernism / Nabila Abdel Nabi ; A new health era / Laura Stamps ; Mondrian through the microscope / Michael White ; The etherial worldview of the early twentieth century / Linda Dalrymple Henderson ; Nature and 'abstract' art / Brandon Taylor ; Neo-plasticism as evolution of cubism / Wietse Coppes ; Reflections: Making kin / France Morris.

Call Number

JQF 24-96

ISBN

• 9781849768443
• 1849768447
• 9781849768450
• 1849768455

OCLC

1371841294

Title

Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian : forms of life / edited by Nabila Abdel Nabi, Briony Fer and Laura Stamps.

Publisher

London : Tate Publishing, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Contains bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

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

Mondrian, Piet, 1872-1944. Works. Selections.

Abdel Nabi, Nabila, editor, writer of introduction. Editor. Writer of introduction

Fer, Briony, editor, writer of introduction. Editor. Writer of introduction

Stamps, Laura, 1979- editor, author.

Tempel, Benno, author. Author

McNab, Janice, 1964- author. Author

Birnbaum, Daniel, 1963- author. Author

Tate Modern (Gallery), host institution. Host institution

Kunstmuseum Den Haag, host institution. Host institution

Research Call Number

JQF 24-96