Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint
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1h 34m
Directed by Halina Dyrschka • Documentary • 2019 • Germany • English, German, Swedish with English subtitles
Featuring Johan af Klint, Julia Voss, Ulla af Klint
The subject of a 2018 awe-inspiring retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, Hilma af Klint was an abstract artist before the term even existed. This course-correcting documentary describes not only the life and craft of af Klint, but also the process of her mischaracterization and erasure by both a patriarchal narrative of artistic progress and capitalistic determination of artistic value.
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