I watched it a second time. I loved the zooming in, it is very much how I look at paintings when I am there myself, look at the work, come closer, look at the details and brushwork, at distance again to take it in again. Thanks again.
Stunning. Thank you for taking us along with you to this fabulous exhibition. What an incredible talent and story. She’s fascinating and the video out there about her work is mostly under ten minutes, so finding this was SUCH a delight.
I think it was strictly an upward progression without any economic pressure laid upon her, so this is rhe only criticism I would have of an otherwise excellent curation.
Thank you so much for this in depth report about this Hilma af Klint's exhibition. Some years ago I came across her work, and have been in love ever since. However, I have only seen reproductions in catalogues, online and in some documentaries. I thought if I hear about another exhibition in Europe I would try and get there, whatever it takes. But New York is a bit too far from me, unfortunately. So I really appreciate your video, your comments and especially the close up views, which you simply don't get through art books. ... By the way, I would also like to see some more of her academic work, for comparison.
Thank you so much for this detailed walk through this wonderful exhibition! I enjoyed every second of it. And much thanks for all the work that you do!
Wow! I have just fallen in love not only with the art but also the artist. And to think I was completely unaware of their existence a little over an hour ago. Thank you.
This warms my heart. Hilma is an artist that is so fascinating on so many levels. I've been a fan since the late 1980s and I'm still finding out lots of interesting stuff.
Absolutely amazing work; and your commentary and observations are fantastic also. Thank you for this video as well as all the other New York galleries videos you have made and uploaded.
Thank you SO SO much for doing this. I live in Illinois and Hilma has been one of my favorite artists for years now and I won't get to see such a special exhibit but because of your video I feel like I have!
I have seen her paintings a couple of times in exhibitions in Stockholm. I must say that they are breathtaking, especially the biggest ones... It's like they transport you to a higher dimension.. I really hope you get a opportunity to see them some day
Thank you so much for sharing this. I really enjoyed it. I recently came across Hilma af Klint's work and the story of her life and my mind was blown. I could not believe what I was seeing. It's absolutely incredible and impossible! She was on a whole other level. Her work is unreal, important and way ahead in any time period in my opinion. Otherwordly. I just hope I get to see it up close one day. Best Wishes.
Hey @Mark Heaney, thanks, your gracious response is one of the main reasons I started this video documentary project about 17 years ago. You've made my day...
James, I completely share your enthusiasm for Hilma. You sure covered a lot of ground.. literally.. in the video! We spent 6 hrs at the fabulous Guggenheim show over two days, and also caught John Zorn's musical tribute on Nov 30.. It might prove to be the most significant show of the year, too, as art critics and historians puzzle over her place in the canon of Abstraction-- Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich... and af Klint? And how perfect that it's the Guggenheim bringing her into the international limelight. Hilma has her spiral temple! I'm confident that her influence will grow as scholars make more of her writings known, and someone writes a biography-- so much is still not known about her life and work, her symbolism and overall vision.. Already, as I understand it, several young artists in Europe have been influenced by Hilma.. a very hopeful sign. Thanks for emphasizing that she worked in series almost exclusively. As she moved from one to the next she often changes scale/shape/color/medium... and her spiritual/creative process changes too. Her work after completing her commission, the 193 Paintings for the Temple in 1915, was not guided as it was when she did the first series, Primordial Chaos, in November 1906. Hilma is going to keep me busy for awhile, as I delve into her symbolism and vocabulary. So, kudos to the Guggenheim-- great catalog too.
Thanks for your effusive response. Yes, Hilma will keep many people busy for a long time to come. Also, I'd say that it's not only in Europe that younger artists are influenced by her. Here in New York I know many painters who openly espouse their adoration of af Klint.
Hi James, at 24:05 you raise the issue of appreciating her without understanding her symbolism. Yes, I think most appreciative visitors to the Guggenheim and those watching this video can see herwork as beautiful.. and the symbolism and vocabulary intriguing even if they don’t understand it. Very few people, Including some reviewers, it seems, will read her notebooks, or the glossary she carefully compiled in the 1930s .. reproduced (in English, happily) in “Hilma af Klint, Notes and Methods” by Christine Burgin. But every work is full of meaning, and not always what you,d expect. (For example, the glossary has 6 entries for Ave Maria.) lots of fertile material for scholars! And I hope we will see a proper biography of this fascinating woman before long!
Thank you mucho---I am a painter in California. I think of my art as a blend of Outsider and Fine art. I discovered this woman's work from a newly purchased art book at my local library. I was as stunned by her as I was when I first encountered William Hawkins in the same library. Again thank you for this long presentation and with a more steady hand. I hope to come to NYC for the Outsider Faire and also this exhibit. You're The Best!
thankyouthankyouthankyou for this amazing video and for the chance you gave me of walking inside the exhibition and watching her incredible work, which I have discovered in these last weeks - your commentary along it is also very interesting, deep and informative, with the beauty of communicating as well your emotion and love for the artist :-) such a pleasure to listen and share, instead of other so many and so boring schoolclass-like commentaries you find on youtube..
Thank you for showing the exhibition of Hilma's work. Hilma was definitely ahead of her time. I bought the prints of the The Ten Largest. I just finished reading, The Friday Night Club by Sophia Lundenberg. A novel about the De Fem and how they got started. I plan to get the books you mentioned in this video. I love all of her paintings. ❤❤❤
Thank you! You did an excellent job! Almost as good as being there:) Very in-depth explanations and close-up where one may feel uncomfortable standing so close to museum pieces. Great work!
Why was such a gifted artist hidden away. We look at Picasso as introducing 20th century art through Cubisim when all the time it was Hilma af Klint . An artist 50 years ahead of her time. Thankyou Kate
Thank you kindly, Fellow Artist. I almost came to NYC for this show (from Palo Alto, Ca), because I discovered her work 'accidentally' at the library. I was amazed at the work and her story. Like countless other remarkable women artists, she was overlooked in her time, it seems. I am a painter and have a strong spiritual side--although my work is an interesting blend of fine art/outsider art. But I see so much in her work that is a blend of all of these aspects and so much more. Thank you again....it kinda/sorta made up for not seeing it in person.
Many of these painting would be pretty decent and interesting if they were painted during the 1960-1980 era. But some of the most abstract works are from 1900-1910, that's before WW1! Simply stunning, what a woman.
@@jameskalm Yes. I think the casual observer might not entirely really get it. But we who are clued in are pretty "wowed". I would so have loved to meet her.
Great work James the triangle up represents the material world 🌎 and the triangle down represents the spiritual invisible world ,when they intersect is the human being thank you for promoting the arts 🎭
Thank you for showing this. She was amazing, I too wish they had shown more of her realism(they were world class) While I don't really believe in ESP or clairvoyance I would love to see one or more stand in front of her works and tell what they feel or believe. Thank again.
Thank you so much. That is a wonderful presentation. I had some knowledge of her work, now much deeper. I am a painter originally fom Detoit, now in northern Michigan, so a bit removed from NY. It's inspiring to see any exposure of art and artists with a connection to the real source of the muse; the spiritual. My own art has been greatly influenced by reading An Art of Our Own, and the LA book The Spiritual in Art. Ron Gianola
Wonderful, wonderful, thank you James Kalm. I was only vaguely familiar with some of her work. I wondered as you did towards the end of the video if she and the gals may have experimented with medicinal plants or magic mushrooms. She was definitely exploring her psyche, and the Carl Jung pool of creativity.
As I said towards the beginning of this report, it seems that for every question her work answers, there's a basket full of other questions that are raised. Not a bad thing for an artist's work to do.
ONG , MELAKA , MALAYSIA :Hilma Af Klint is a profound person that. person that must be respected and regarded as an Hilma Af Klint "An artist who is a leader of a civilised society society".
Thank you so much for this treasure. An art show visit for an invalid. I felt like I was there (from my sickbed) It was a revelation! Keep up the great work. I'm going to subscribe and see if you have other visited art shows I can immerse myself in.
Great virtual tour, especially for those of us with no chance of seeing the works themselves. Precursors. No one's mentioning Robert Fludd. Or the Voynich Manuscript. Strong echoes of both.
I am a very critical ex Art tutor from london (Whitechapel Art school) and I have subscribed. You are absolutely fucking on the nail with your commentaries. -Well Done A+
i was first introduced to her work in the "Spiritual in Art" exhibition and have loved her work ever since. What seperates her work from the early abstract paintings of Kandinsky is her art was in service of her spiritual beliefs not as an exploration of painting or "art".. even though Kandinksy was exploring it through his painting.. Auf Klimt used painting as a means of language about her beliefs, Kandinsky used spirtuality as a means of exploring painting...
I'd say that Hilma used painting to express her spiritual experiences, rather than beliefs.. And that Kandinsky, who moved toward abstraction after he wrote "The Spiritual in Art" in 1910, sought to express the "inner necessity" of the nonmaterial world. Mondrian was also influenced by Theosophy, and specifically Madame Blavatsky's "The Secret Doctrine."
I saw this show last Sunday the 14th. Loved the show but have a hard time viewing paintings at the Guggenheim because of the way they are mounted to the walls. I love to get up close to paintings to see how they were created. I find this difficult at the Guggenheim.
I discovered Hilma af Klint 4 or 5 years ago. I was so taken, enthralled and blown away by Hilma's beautiful magnificent work, subject matter and story. When I saw on Instagram her opening at the Guggenheim (ironically just having visited the Peggy Guggenheim collection in Venice) I knew I will have to go. Which most likely will be in December. This is also a thrill to see you James covering the exhibition! You did an amazing job btw. I'm a huge fan of yours and a have been following you for a few years. Your the boss James Kalm!! I would be honored if you viewed my work on Instagram @voyage_queen. Its of my paintings as well as my art selfie blog (which think you might get a kick out of). I want to add that I work some what in the the same way as Hilma with channeling and symbolism. Especially in my earlier work 25 or so years ago. Which I'm now inspired to dig up from storage. Thank you so much for covering all the exhibitions as well as your wonderful commentary and insight. You have been a valuable part of my progression as a painted as I am an outsider artist picking up things & inspiration along the was. Thank you thank you again!
Wow, thanks for your effusive gratitude. I visited your Instagram page, and checked out your work, congratulations, looks like you're on your way. I'm glad my little video project has been of use to you in your practice, good luck.
This is truly a thrill to have had you view my work! Thank you so much James & for your kind inspiring words. Maybe someday you will cover my exhibition!!
Vielen Dank für den bunten interessanten Museumsbesuch...leider leider kann ich kein Englisch verstehen. Wäre schön, wenn ich den nächsten Museumsbesuch in deiner Begleitung auch in meiner Sprache übersetzt bekommen könnte. Danke für die Nähe in der Präsentation 💕🤗
Heart-stopping work...her approach with respect to the application of paint is especially interesting, they're like signs or billboards directed at the afterlife, the kind of paint application you might see an intelligent confident artist or illustrator apply to a handpainted sign, no fuss, accurate, quick corrections and move on, don't waste paint, perhaps it was going to be photographed for a book, and even though we know she is an extremely accomplished painter, she doesn't finesse these, she's not trying to please the academy. I thought the comment about the death of her eighteen-year-old sister especially foreshadowing.
In certain ways your comments about her paint handling is one of the reasons they (the art world mucky-mucks) consider her the first abstractionist, painting to get the ideas out.
It's interesting to see abstract work at this time, but there are traces of it back in the Neolithic period in the Middle East. A common theme in art history is between the difference of those using their eyes to make art and those drawing from something inward. In Klint's case, it was something spiritual.
Also a book entitled "World Receivers" features Klint, Georgian Houghton and Emma Kuntz: "Completely independently from each other, Georgiana Houghton (1814 - 1884) in England, Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944) in Sweden and Emma Kunz (1892 - 1963) in Switzerland each developed an individual abstract pictorial language. What they had in common was a desire to make visible the laws of nature, the intellect and the supernatural. The three women artists all found their artistic language within the context of the spiritual movements of their times: Houghton in spiritism, af Klint in theosophy and Kunz in naturopathy. Their artworks bear witness to a "mediumistic" praxis: Houghton and af Klint were inspired by higher beings to paint, while Kunz developed her drawings with the help of a pendulum." www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41830263-world-receivers
also many thanks for the research you brought into this. besides statements and monogaphs do you ever bring notes,i imagine that would be difficult while silmultaneously filming
I did the initial recording without any narrative (it was very crowed, and I wanted to make sure I got the shots right). I recorded the voice over (which I don't usually do unless it's a special case), using the wall text and quotes from the books I recommend. Aside from that, most of this is stream of consciousness, at least from a painters point of view. I've been studying af Klint for nearly twenty-five years now, so I have a basic grasp of of her work, and the critical reception it's received, thanks...
ONG, MELAKA, MALAYSIA :Hilmi Af Klint is the real founder of the abstract mysticism because she believed/believes that "Art without religion is lame" and "Art is Life and Life is Art
Como muchas mujeres producto de la cultura machista y patriarcal tuvieron que esconder su talento al mundo y dejarlo en la sombra.... Hilma claramente fue una pionera y creadora del arte abstracto...es lamentable que nunca haya podido ser reconocida en vida...como también ocurrió con Emily Dickinson....gracias por mostrarnos su arte
Although the work is very atractive, I doubt that her work can be said to be abstract, because in her intention it was a representation of a world, imaginary but a world nonetheless. To be abstract the artist must understand abstraction.
This is the kind of question that the artists panel discussion that's published in the catalog gets into. Then there's the question of "non-objective art" vs "abstraction". It's all worth checking out .
@@jameskalm Like Kandinsky, she moved from organic shapes and symbols to more geometric abstraction. Far from inventing an imaginary world, she saw her project as revealing a deeper reality, for example in the Evolution and Atom Series. Yes, the catalog panel is very helpful.. I think it will be awhile before the art critics and historians settle on where Hilma fits in the canon.
Hi James, about the Angels it is said in the Bible that they sexless, I think in the book of Matthew, because they are created by God and they don't get married and reproduce themselves. Thanks for the video! Greetings from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Konstantin @kokichaa
I watched it a second time. I loved the zooming in, it is very much how I look at paintings when I am there myself, look at the work, come closer, look at the details and brushwork, at distance again to take it in again. Thanks again.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH JAMES & KATE!!!! This was absolutely incredible... HILMA was such an excellent artist!
Amazing post. What a brilliant artist. Thank you.
Stunning. Thank you for taking us along with you to this fabulous exhibition. What an incredible talent and story. She’s fascinating and the video out there about her work is mostly under ten minutes, so finding this was SUCH a delight.
Hilma was inventing spiritual hieroglyphics. Thank you for showing all of this work. Loved it.
I think it was strictly an upward progression without any economic pressure laid upon her, so this is rhe only criticism I would have of an otherwise excellent curation.
I am over the moon about this wonderful artist!! What an amazing discovery!! Her work, her person! I want to know more!!
This is a wonderful presentation on Hilma: ua-cam.com/video/dbKcVXLON28/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for this in depth report about this Hilma af Klint's exhibition. Some years ago I came across her work, and have been in love ever since. However, I have only seen reproductions in catalogues, online and in some documentaries. I thought if I hear about another exhibition in Europe I would try and get there, whatever it takes. But New York is a bit too far from me, unfortunately. So I really appreciate your video, your comments and especially the close up views, which you simply don't get through art books. ... By the way, I would also like to see some more of her academic work, for comparison.
purnapratima there’s an exhibition in Munich right now. I haven’t seen it yet though so can’t say if it’s any good.
Thank you so much for this detailed walk through this wonderful exhibition! I enjoyed every second of it. And much thanks for all the work that you do!
This woman was I think one of the best abstract artists ever.....way way ahead of her time. Genius.
Wow! I have just fallen in love not only with the art but also the artist. And to think I was completely unaware of their existence a little over an hour ago. Thank you.
This warms my heart. Hilma is an artist that is so fascinating on so many levels. I've been a fan since the late 1980s and I'm still finding out lots of interesting stuff.
James, you are a saint. Thank you so much.
Absolutely amazing work; and your commentary and observations are fantastic also. Thank you for this video as well as all the other New York galleries videos you have made and uploaded.
Thank you SO SO much for doing this. I live in Illinois and Hilma has been one of my favorite artists for years now and I won't get to see such a special exhibit but because of your video I feel like I have!
Thanks April, this makes me very happy...
I have seen her paintings a couple of times in exhibitions in Stockholm. I must say that they are breathtaking, especially the biggest ones... It's like they transport you to a higher dimension.. I really hope you get a opportunity to see them some day
Thank you so much for sharing this. I really enjoyed it. I recently came across Hilma af Klint's work and the story of her life and my mind was blown. I could not believe what I was seeing. It's absolutely incredible and impossible! She was on a whole other level. Her work is unreal, important and way ahead in any time period in my opinion. Otherwordly. I just hope I get to see it up close one day. Best Wishes.
Hey @Mark Heaney, thanks, your gracious response is one of the main reasons I started this video documentary project about 17 years ago. You've made my day...
jameskalm you are welcome, will be checking out more on your channel, keep up the great work and thanks again. Best wishes from London!
James, I completely share your enthusiasm for Hilma. You sure covered a lot of ground.. literally.. in the video! We spent 6 hrs at the fabulous Guggenheim show over two days, and also caught John Zorn's musical tribute on Nov 30.. It might prove to be the most significant show of the year, too, as art critics and historians puzzle over her place in the canon of Abstraction-- Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich... and af Klint? And how perfect that it's the Guggenheim bringing her into the international limelight. Hilma has her spiral temple! I'm confident that her influence will grow as scholars make more of her writings known, and someone writes a biography-- so much is still not known about her life and work, her symbolism and overall vision.. Already, as I understand it, several young artists in Europe have been influenced by Hilma.. a very hopeful sign. Thanks for emphasizing that she worked in series almost exclusively. As she moved from one to the next she often changes scale/shape/color/medium... and her spiritual/creative process changes too. Her work after completing her commission, the 193 Paintings for the Temple in 1915, was not guided as it was when she did the first series, Primordial Chaos, in November 1906. Hilma is going to keep me busy for awhile, as I delve into her symbolism and vocabulary. So, kudos to the Guggenheim-- great catalog too.
Thanks for your effusive response. Yes, Hilma will keep many people busy for a long time to come. Also, I'd say that it's not only in Europe that younger artists are influenced by her. Here in New York I know many painters who openly espouse their adoration of af Klint.
Hi James, at 24:05 you raise the issue of appreciating her without understanding her symbolism.
Yes, I think most appreciative visitors to the Guggenheim and those watching this video can see herwork as beautiful..
and the symbolism and vocabulary intriguing even if they don’t understand it.
Very few people, Including some reviewers, it seems, will read her notebooks, or the glossary she carefully compiled in the 1930s ..
reproduced (in English, happily) in “Hilma af Klint, Notes and Methods” by Christine Burgin. But every work is full of meaning, and not always what you,d expect. (For example, the glossary has 6 entries for Ave Maria.) lots of fertile material for scholars! And I hope we will see a proper biography of this fascinating woman before long!
Thank you so much for what you do.
Thank you for this great walkthrough. I thoroughly enjoyed your video.
Thank you mucho---I am a painter in California. I think of my art as a blend of Outsider and Fine art. I discovered this woman's work from a newly purchased art book at my local library. I was as stunned by her as I was when I first encountered William Hawkins in the same library. Again thank you for this long presentation and with a more steady hand. I hope to come to NYC for the Outsider Faire and also this exhibit. You're The Best!
Thank you so much for doing this. I appreciate your humble but knowledgeable delivery. Thanks!
Thank you so much for showing us this taking the time to move slowly to see detail thank you Kate
Amazing! Thank you!
Thank you! Wonderful, I am in love with Hilma...
thankyouthankyouthankyou for this amazing video and for the chance you gave me of walking inside the exhibition and watching her incredible work, which I have discovered in these last weeks - your commentary along it is also very interesting, deep and informative, with the beauty of communicating as well your emotion and love for the artist :-) such a pleasure to listen and share, instead of other so many and so boring schoolclass-like commentaries you find on youtube..
Thanks James, from Australia! wonderful video of Hilma's works
Thank you, Hilma af Klint exhibition has come to Sydney in June 2021...I look forward to seeing it with new knowledge
I have just seen the open exhibition today at AGNSW and it was absolutely amazing!,
Thank u for this video, for all of us who couldnt attend !
Thank you for showing the exhibition of Hilma's work. Hilma was definitely ahead of her time. I bought the prints of the The Ten Largest. I just finished reading, The Friday Night Club by Sophia Lundenberg. A novel about the De Fem and how they got started. I plan to get the books you mentioned in this video. I love all of her paintings. ❤❤❤
Thanks again for the work you do!!!
Thank you Thank you, so much, with love from South Australia, great insight, well presented.
Love her work! Thanks so much for showing this beautiful work. I always look forward to your commentary. Great job!
These last videos have been really good, really interesting stuff and great for people that don't live in the states. thanks!
I just discovered hilma af klint and I’m so stunned and thankful!!!!! Thank you sooooo much for uploading this!!!!
@lotte89green Hilma is certainly extraordinary, glad you enjoyed the program...Thanks.
Thank you! You did an excellent job! Almost as good as being there:) Very in-depth explanations and close-up where one may feel uncomfortable standing so close to museum pieces. Great work!
Way To Go James. - excellence in everyway - a thousand ideas. :) :) :)
Why was such a gifted artist hidden away. We look at Picasso as introducing 20th century art through Cubisim when all the time it was Hilma af Klint . An artist 50 years ahead of her time. Thankyou Kate
Wonderful thank you James a tour de force.
Thank you kindly, Fellow Artist. I almost came to NYC for this show (from Palo Alto, Ca), because I discovered her work 'accidentally' at the library. I was amazed at the work and her story. Like countless other remarkable women artists, she was overlooked in her time, it seems. I am a painter and have a strong spiritual side--although my work is an interesting blend of fine art/outsider art. But I see so much in her work that is a blend of all of these aspects and so much more. Thank you again....it kinda/sorta made up for not seeing it in person.
Thanks for letting me know about this show! And up until April, great!
I really really enjoyed seeing this, thank you 🙏
Thank you. I love her work. Such a pleasure to see her work and get an idea of scale.
Thanks very much for sharing this
You're welcome...
Thank you - wonderful!
Thank you Kate!!!!!!!
Many of these painting would be pretty decent and interesting if they were painted during the 1960-1980 era. But some of the most abstract works are from 1900-1910, that's before WW1! Simply stunning, what a woman.
Yes, Hilma is a miracle...Really.
@@jameskalm Yes. I think the casual observer might not entirely really get it. But we who are clued in are pretty "wowed". I would so have loved to meet her.
Discovering Hilma
Thanks James
Thank you soooo much for this!
Excellent video & artist!!!
Great work James the triangle up represents the material world 🌎 and the triangle down represents the spiritual invisible world ,when they intersect is the human being thank you for promoting the arts 🎭
Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much this was awesome!
amazing artist..gave me inspiration for paintings...very good critique
Incredible video, thanks!
Epic, James !
Thanks a lot from France
Thank you Kate
thank you so much for this!
Great job!!!
Thank you for showing this. She was amazing, I too wish they had shown more of her realism(they were world class) While I don't really believe in ESP or clairvoyance I would love to see one or more stand in front of her works and tell what they feel or believe. Thank again.
Thank you so much. That is a wonderful presentation. I had some knowledge of her work, now much deeper. I am a painter originally fom Detoit, now in northern Michigan, so a bit removed from NY. It's inspiring to see any exposure of art and artists with a connection to the real source of the muse; the spiritual. My own art has been greatly influenced by reading An Art of Our Own, and the LA book The Spiritual in Art. Ron Gianola
Thank you!
Woooow! 💙💚💛💜💕💘
James, thank you for this gift. Back for a second view before going to the Guggenheim. Your narrative is just great! Great.
Love her work, and yes Thank you
This was excellent. Wonderful review.
Wonderful, wonderful, thank you James Kalm. I was only vaguely familiar with some of her work. I wondered as you did towards the end of the video if she and the gals may have experimented with medicinal plants or magic mushrooms. She was definitely exploring her psyche, and the Carl Jung pool of creativity.
As I said towards the beginning of this report, it seems that for every question her work answers, there's a basket full of other questions that are raised. Not a bad thing for an artist's work to do.
ONG , MELAKA , MALAYSIA :Hilma Af Klint is a profound person that. person that must be respected and regarded as an Hilma Af Klint "An artist who is a leader of a civilised society society".
Thank you so much for this treasure. An art show visit for an invalid. I felt like I was there (from my sickbed) It was a revelation! Keep up the great work. I'm going to subscribe and see if you have other visited art shows I can immerse myself in.
Great virtual tour, especially for those of us with no chance of seeing the works themselves.
Precursors. No one's mentioning Robert Fludd. Or the Voynich Manuscript. Strong echoes of both.
I am a very critical ex Art tutor from london (Whitechapel Art school) and I have subscribed.
You are absolutely fucking on the nail with your commentaries. -Well Done A+
thank you!!!!!!!!!
i was first introduced to her work in the "Spiritual in Art" exhibition and have loved her work ever since. What seperates her work from the early abstract paintings of Kandinsky is her art was in service of her spiritual beliefs not as an exploration of painting or "art".. even though Kandinksy was exploring it through his painting.. Auf Klimt used painting as a means of language about her beliefs, Kandinsky used spirtuality as a means of exploring painting...
Did you actually see the "Spiritual in Art" at LACMA in 87 or just the catalog?
I'd say that Hilma used painting to express her spiritual experiences, rather than beliefs.. And that Kandinsky, who moved toward abstraction after he wrote "The Spiritual in Art" in 1910, sought to express the "inner necessity" of the nonmaterial world. Mondrian was also influenced by Theosophy, and specifically Madame Blavatsky's "The Secret Doctrine."
Excellent review, presentation of the show though you said she wanted them not exhibited for 40 years it was 20 years
I saw this show last Sunday the 14th. Loved the show but have a hard time viewing paintings at the Guggenheim because of the way they are mounted to the walls. I love to get up close to paintings to see how they were created. I find this difficult at the Guggenheim.
Gotchya, that's why it was good for me to have a zoom function on the camera.
Great job as always! I'm always excited to see your reviews of shows that I've seen when I'm in NYC.
Gorgeous
I discovered Hilma af Klint 4 or 5 years ago. I was so taken, enthralled and blown away by Hilma's beautiful magnificent work, subject matter and story. When I saw on Instagram her opening at the Guggenheim (ironically just having visited the Peggy Guggenheim collection in Venice) I knew I will have to go. Which most likely will be in December. This is also a thrill to see you James covering the exhibition! You did an amazing job btw. I'm a huge fan of yours and a have been following you for a few years. Your the boss James Kalm!! I would be honored if you viewed my work on Instagram @voyage_queen. Its of my paintings as well as my art selfie blog (which think you might get a kick out of). I want to add that I work some what in the the same way as Hilma with channeling and symbolism. Especially in my earlier work 25 or so years ago. Which I'm now inspired to dig up from storage. Thank you so much for covering all the exhibitions as well as your wonderful commentary and insight. You have been a valuable part of my progression as a painted as I am an outsider artist picking up things & inspiration along the was. Thank you thank you again!
Wow, thanks for your effusive gratitude. I visited your Instagram page, and checked out your work, congratulations, looks like you're on your way. I'm glad my little video project has been of use to you in your practice, good luck.
This is truly a thrill to have had you view my work! Thank you so much James & for your kind inspiring words. Maybe someday you will cover my exhibition!!
Vielen Dank für den bunten interessanten Museumsbesuch...leider leider kann ich kein Englisch verstehen. Wäre schön, wenn ich den nächsten Museumsbesuch in deiner Begleitung auch in meiner Sprache übersetzt bekommen könnte. Danke für die Nähe in der Präsentation 💕🤗
Great interpretation!
Heart-stopping work...her approach with respect to the application of paint is especially interesting, they're like signs or billboards directed at the afterlife, the kind of paint application you might see an intelligent confident artist or illustrator apply to a handpainted sign, no fuss, accurate, quick corrections and move on, don't waste paint, perhaps it was going to be photographed for a book, and even though we know she is an extremely accomplished painter, she doesn't finesse these, she's not trying to please the academy. I thought the comment about the death of her eighteen-year-old sister especially foreshadowing.
In certain ways your comments about her paint handling is one of the reasons they (the art world mucky-mucks) consider her the first abstractionist, painting to get the ideas out.
Marvellouse!
thank you kate
It's interesting to see abstract work at this time, but there are traces of it back in the Neolithic period in the Middle East. A common theme in art history is between the difference of those using their eyes to make art and those drawing from something inward. In Klint's case, it was something spiritual.
GRAZIE
Also a book entitled "World Receivers" features Klint, Georgian Houghton and Emma Kuntz: "Completely independently from each other, Georgiana Houghton (1814 - 1884) in England, Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944) in Sweden and Emma Kunz (1892 - 1963) in Switzerland each developed an individual abstract pictorial language. What they had in common was a desire to make visible the laws of nature, the intellect and the supernatural. The three women artists all found their artistic language within the context of the spiritual movements of their times: Houghton in spiritism, af Klint in theosophy and Kunz in naturopathy. Their artworks bear witness to a "mediumistic" praxis: Houghton and af Klint were inspired by higher beings to paint, while Kunz developed her drawings with the help of a pendulum." www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41830263-world-receivers
ps thanks for the post :)
james i dont care what they say about you...your doin it man
What, somebody said something about me...?
no just an expression of endearment
Aw-shucks.
also many thanks for the research you brought into this. besides statements and monogaphs do you ever bring notes,i imagine that would be difficult while silmultaneously filming
I did the initial recording without any narrative (it was very crowed, and I wanted to make sure I got the shots right). I recorded the voice over (which I don't usually do unless it's a special case), using the wall text and quotes from the books I recommend. Aside from that, most of this is stream of consciousness, at least from a painters point of view. I've been studying af Klint for nearly twenty-five years now, so I have a basic grasp of of her work, and the critical reception it's received, thanks...
I was there today
I'm going back,soon...
ONG, MELAKA, MALAYSIA :Hilmi Af Klint is the real founder of the abstract mysticism because she believed/believes that "Art without religion is lame" and "Art is Life and Life is Art
Como muchas mujeres producto de la cultura machista y patriarcal tuvieron que esconder su talento al mundo y dejarlo en la sombra.... Hilma claramente fue una pionera y creadora del arte abstracto...es lamentable que nunca haya podido ser reconocida en vida...como también ocurrió con Emily Dickinson....gracias por mostrarnos su arte
She's a genius.
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love her work. and it baffles me why people are upset a woman was first. lol. crybabies. haha!
Is she an occultist?
Yes, and a medium.
Although the work is very atractive, I doubt that her work can be said to be abstract, because in her intention it was a representation of a world, imaginary but a world nonetheless. To be abstract the artist must understand abstraction.
This is the kind of question that the artists panel discussion that's published in the catalog gets into. Then there's the question of "non-objective art" vs "abstraction". It's all worth checking out .
Thanks for all these videos and the commentaries, Its great work.
@@jameskalm Like Kandinsky, she moved from organic shapes and symbols to more geometric abstraction. Far from inventing an imaginary world, she saw her project as revealing a deeper reality, for example in the Evolution and Atom Series. Yes, the catalog panel is very helpful.. I think it will be awhile before the art critics and historians settle on where Hilma fits in the canon.
SHE WAS BEING TOLD TO PAINT THE UNIVERSE.
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Rudolp stainer should have kept his mouth shut..
Who actually invented abstraction? Certainly not human beings........As if the the New York cultural scene was the center of the creative universe.
@John Lawson...Well, the New York art world thinks it's the center of the Universe...Not sure God does though...
Hi James,
about the Angels it is said in the Bible that they sexless, I think in the book of Matthew, because they are created by God and they don't get married and reproduce themselves.
Thanks for the video!
Greetings from Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Konstantin
@kokichaa