Hilma Af Klint Alterpieces nr 3 Hiroaki Takahashi and mathematics in equal measure

and mathematics in equal measure

The bird is rendered in fine detail against a clean ground

and neighborhoods rendered with a warmth that shifts the familiar map format into decorative territory

not improvisation

favouring mood and colour relationships over fine detail

Hilma Af Klint Alterpieces nr 3 Hiroaki Takahashi and mathematics in equal measureAltarpieces Nr 3 continues af Klint's series of large scale symbolic paintings with a composition that shifts the emotional register toward something quieter and more contemplative. The dual spiral motif returns but is handled differently here forms are less confrontational, the color palette cooler, the sense of movement more inward. Af Klint structures the canvas around a central axis with the precision of someone working out a cosmological diagram