Spirituality, the cosmos and wonder at Hilma af Klint exhibition

It’s hard to find words to describe Hilma af Klint’s work.

At Wellington’s City Gallery, her towering paintings hint at collective consciousness, the universe, duality, reciprocity, and unity through colorful and bursting contemporary colors and images.

Af Klint’s energy, intertwined with the gallery through careful curation of her work, is also meticulously placed in her diary and notes, awe of the magic that people radiate from her canvas. It looks like you’re hugging and wandering around the room.

These works were hidden for decades because the deep and spiritual af Klint felt the world wasn’t ready to see them, but now they send a message to the present day.

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Senior curator Aaron Lister, who walks the gallery in groups of about 20 on Thursday, is an artistic rod of specific messages from links to the occult, the use of altars, séances, and spiritual guides. We talked about the spiritualism of. She from a higher dimension.

Especially in the three drastic works AltarpieceA spirit guide said that afKlint would one day appear in the spiral gallery, clarifying the role of afKlint as a human conduit. This series summarizes the process of communication between the spirit world and the physical world, which Clint traverses and is understood to be an expression of the universe.

This exhibition is probably Kiwi’s only chance to see artwork in New Zealand and represents the opportunity to see in the hearts of Swedish artists and mystics who were in all respects ahead of her time. While art historians celebrated the artistic achievements of Mondrian, Kandinsky and Malevich, af Klint pioneered abstract ideas in the early 1900s.

Alongside the exhibition, Rita Angus’s artwork normally hidden in Te Papa’s archive collection, a new response by Serafine Pick and Andrew Beck, complements the mysterious sensation of Af Clinton. ,add.

The gallery offers a wide range of products such as pottery, tarot guides, tote bags and more, allowing people to take Af Klint home. The orange traffic light setting interrupts the gallery’s sold-out viewing session and gives you more time. According to Elizabeth Caldwell, Director of Arts and Heritage at ExperienceWellington, it’s available but sells quickly.

Melbourne-based exhibition curator Sue Kramer is from af Klint Up to 10 It functions as a “place of beauty”. Their shapes and colors move society into a world of harmony and solution.

She said people would find the show exciting, rich, uplifting, extraordinary and “mysterious.” “There are many stories in the work, and they tell the individual in a very personal way. They tell the modern world …. the splendor of the work itself, it cannot really be replaced.”

Af Klint overcame many obstacles, determined her mission, and worked earnestly in an era of great adversity for women. She had a broad and rich artistic vision that was broad in her thinking and very original in her time. Her work was born out of esoteric philosophy, but was not tied to religion.

“It moves beyond that-it can speak in modern times,” Cramer said. “She found the way to her vision and pursued it, and she did it in an extraordinary way.”

• Tickets are online and open on Saturdays.