{"product_id":"basic-hilma-af-klint","title":"Basic: Hilma Af Klint","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbstract Awakenings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA guided tour of af Klint’s hidden universe: where art, science, and mysticism converge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHilma af Klint painted as though she was\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003echanneling the universe\u003c\/b\u003e. Fascinated from childhood by botany and mathematics, she began her career painting landscapes and portraits, but other preoccupations stirred within her: questions of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003espirit, unseen energies, patterns too vast for the eye alone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer art was inseparable from her spiritual practice.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a circle of female artists called The Five, she held séances\u003c\/b\u003e, heard voices from \"High Masters,\" and was inspired by the Theosophical Society and Rudolf Steiner’s theories. Working tirelessly to map life’s hidden dimensions, she would paint to the point of physical collapse. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 1906, her canvases featured\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eradiant geometries of spirals and orbs, impregnated with symbols, letters, and words\u003c\/b\u003e, anticipating the later embrace of abstraction by Kandinsky, Malevich, Mondrian, and others. Her vast painted cycles—like her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eworks for the Temple and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ten Largest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e—often depicted dualities: inside and out, the earthly and the esoteric, man and woman, good and evil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving as a vegetarian, questioning the fixity of gender, af Klint was clearly before her time, yet very much of it too, and pretty much\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003euncelebrated in her day\u003c\/b\u003e. Her prodigious output lay unseen for decades, locked away by her own instruction. Only in the 1980s did the world begin to recognize her as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003etrue pioneer of abstract art\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book invites you into her visionary world, via a luminous selection of her works and a detailed essay distilling their complexity.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer once-secret universe is revealed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto us anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca class=\"keyword-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taschen.com\/search\/?searchPhrase=Janis%20Mink\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"\/search\/?searchPhrase=Janis%20Mink\"\u003eJanis Mink\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estudied art history at Smith College and the University of Hamburg. She works as an adjunct professor, writer, and curator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eHilma af Klint\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"product-detail-information__book-details\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--dimensions\"\u003e8.3\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e10.2\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-testid=\"book-details--weight\"\u003e1.24 lb, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-edition\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"read-more__biography--book-isbn\"\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e978-3-8365-9903-0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"edition-selection__single-edition\"\u003eEdition: English\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912016683206,"sku":"9783836599030","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0276\/4708\/2607\/files\/HILMA_AF_KLINT_BA_GB_OPEN001_092_093_41236.jpg?v=1780514462","url":"https:\/\/bjustfabulous.com\/products\/basic-hilma-af-klint","provider":"Just Fabulous Palm Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}