5 LIVES OF HILMA AF KLINT

VOSS, JULIA ET AL

ISBN 10: 1644230690 / ISBN 13: 9781644230695

Verlag: David Zwirner Books, 2022

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers NWUS9781644230695

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A moving biography, told in vivid illustrations, this graphic novelfeatures key moments in the life of Swedish artist and pioneer of abstractpainting Hilma af Klint (1862–1944). Long underrecognized, af Klint hasbeen amid a sensational rediscovery that continues to take art audiences bystorm.

Artist Philipp Deines traces the story of now world-famous afKlint’s unique life and groundbreaking oeuvre through five chaptersfeaturing her development as an artist, her family background, and herrelationship to the spiritual. Highlighting how she came to her distinctivepaintings, her spiritual quest, and the friends who helped her, this is a storyof the strength it took af Klint to continue as an artist against all odds.

Beautifully drawn, brightly colored, and well researched, this graphic novelis a new way of looking at the story of an artist. Referencing JuliaVoss’s new biography of af Klint, Deines presents an accessible and livelyintroduction for many ages. Biography, art history, and contemporary narrativestyle merge and complement each other in this magnificent visualworld.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Philipp Deines is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. In 2015, he published Behind the White Cube (Merve Verlag) with Julia Voss. In 2020, he received the Berlin Comic Scholarship and his work was exhibited in the Museum for Communication Berlin. In 2021, his work was exhibited at Grisebach in Berlin in the exhibition Stu-stu-stu-studioline. The Five Lives of Hilma af Klint (2022) is his first graphic novel. He lives and works in Berlin. 

Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) is now regarded as a pioneer of abstract art. Though her paintings were not seen publicly until 1987, her work from the early 20th century predates the first purely abstract paintings by Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Malevich. Af Klint was born in Solna, outside Stockholm, and studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1882 to 1888. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s 2018 survey of af Klint’s work was the first major solo exhibition in the United States devoted to the artist, offering an unprecedented opportunity to experience af Klint’s long-underrecognized artistic achievements. 

Julia Voss is an art historian, art critic, and curator. She is the author of Hilma af Klint: A Biography (2022), which was short-listed for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. 

 

Bibliografische Details

Titel: 5 LIVES OF HILMA AF KLINT
Verlag: David Zwirner Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: NEW