Series VII, No. 7d 1920

Hilma af Klint made ‘Series VII, No. 7d’ with paint, paper and a plan that allowed for an unexpected journey. The colour palette is almost pastel, the paint thinly applied so the support shines through. It looks like the process was quite intuitive. There’s something tender about that circular shape made up of all those colours, segments so carefully painted like individual little thoughts. The surface is so smooth, but in some areas you can see where the watery paint has slightly bled. I’m so drawn to the center of the disc, where there are concentric rings of colour. This suggests that this is a generative artwork, that new forms are coming into being, that the artwork is itself a process of creating. Klint reminds me of Agnes Martin, who also had an interest in spirituality, but whose work is much more minimal and stripped back. I think the nature of art is that there isn't one fixed way to go about it, it is an ongoing conversation, about life, death and everything in between.