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The composition plays warm against cool tones across a vertical format
or perhaps because of
almost weightless color environments that suggest possibility without limit
while the composition's strong vertical axis draws the eye upward through lanterns and overhanging foliage
Hilma Af Klint Alterpiece Nr 1 Gallery Wall Ogawa Kazumasa - Cool The composition plays warm againstAltarpiece Nr 1 belongs to Hilma af Klint's monumental series completed between 1915 and 1916 works she painted in near total secrecy, convinced the world was not yet ready for them. The composition is anchored by sweeping dual spirals that face each other across a divided field of color, their curves carrying a symbolic weight that af Klint drew from Theosophy, biology, and mathematics in equal measure. Warm and cool tones meet along a central axis,