Artists at La Biennale
1. Hilma af Klint
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- Hilma was born in 1862 in Solna, Sweden. As a child Hilma spent her summers on her family farm on the island of Adelsö. It was here that she developed a profound connection with nature inspiring her naturalistic style of art. Hilma's family later moved to Stockholm where she developed her artistic talent at The Academy of Fine Arts. While at the Academy Klint not only developed her artistic abilities but also a strong sense spirituality and personal Philosophy. Klint shares these ideas with four other women of whom she had met, becoming known as The Five (de fem). With the group De Fem she diverged from her more conservative style to that of an early form of abstraction, effectively making Klint a pioneer of abstract art.
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- Hilma af Klint was an artist that I was drawn to even before my trip to Venice and upon seeing her painting up close I was by no means disappointed. Her paintings done in oil are full of symbolism that draws in your curiosity. From the minuscule figures in the center of the planetary sphere to the written symbols surrounding the planet in the Painting The dove No. 2 (fig. 1). This painting to me represented a snapshot into the unconscious or possibly a photograph taken from a dream, seen from the perspective of some distant satellite. Gazing at the planet with telescopic eyes, looking into the lives of some seemingly unimportant pair of individuals intertwined in a sort of Yin Yang of warm and cool colors (fig.2). I found like in most of her paintings a high level of geometric Correlations.
Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/arts/artsspecial/Giving-a-Swedish-Pioneer-of-Abstract-Art-Her-Due.html?pagewanted=all
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